Asymmetric changes in cutaneous reflexes after a partial spinal lesion and retention following spinalization during locomotion in the cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2667-2680

  Frigon, Alain ^a   Barrière, Grégory ^b,c   Leblond, Hugues ^a   Rossignol, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOUCH;

EID: 70449336720     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00572.2009     Document Type: Article

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