Prenatal development of interlimb motor learning in the rat fetus

Infancy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-228

  Robinson, Scott ^a   Kleven, Gale ^b   Brumley, Michele ^c  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HINDLIMB; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 46649120507     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000802004288     Document Type: Article

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