Neurons in the pontomedullary reticular formation signal posture and movement both as an integrated behavior and independently

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2235-2253

  Schepens, Bénédicte ^a   Stapley, Paul ^b   Drew, Trevor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PONS; POSTURE; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 57349173973     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01381.2007     Document Type: Article

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