Activity of motor cortex neurons during backward locomotion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2698-2714

  Zelenin, P V ^a   Deliagina, T G ^a   Orlovsky, G N ^a   Karayannidou, A ^a,b   Stout, E E ^b   Sirota, M G ^b   Beloozerova, I N ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Limb controllers; Pyramidal tract neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACKWARD WALKING; BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FORWARD WALKING; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUADRUPED GAIT; WALKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS;

EID: 79959335294     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00120.2011     Document Type: Article

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