Bilateral activity-dependent interactions in the developing corticospinal system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 41, 2007, Pages 11083-11090

  Friel, Kathleen M ^a,b   Martin, John H ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependence; Cerebral palsy; Locomotion; Motor cortex; Spinal cord; Visual guidance; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CATS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 35348890908     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2814-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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