Studying the nervous system under physiological conditions. Focus on "Contribution of force feedback to ankle extensor activity in decerebrate walking cats"

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1967-1968

  Cattaert, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAT; DECEREBRATION; EDITORIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 4644337658     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00468.2004     Document Type: Editorial

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