Contribution of force feedback to ankle extensor activity in decerebrate walking cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2093-2104

  Donelan, J M ^a   Pearson, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; DECEREBRATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; JOINT FUNCTION; MODEL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TENDON RECEPTOR; WALKING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; H-REFLEX; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINTS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; WALKING;

EID: 4644261784     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00325.2004     Document Type: Article

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