Metachronal propagation of motor activity

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 820-837

  Falgairolle, Melanie ^a   Ceccato, Jean Charles ^a   De Seze, Mathieu ^b   Herbin, Marc ^c   Cazalets, Jean Rene ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UMR 5287   (France)

Author keywords

CPG; Electrophysiology; Locomotion; Motor control; Network evolution; Review; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880441312     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4146     Document Type: Review

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