Critical points in the forelimb fictive locomotor cycle and motor coordination: Evidence from the effects of tonic proprioceptive perturbations in the cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1329-1341

  Saltiel, Philippe ^a,b   Rossignol, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; DECEREBRATION; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SHOULDER;

ANIMALS; CATS; FORELIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 4143114761     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00563.2003     Document Type: Article

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