Neurophysiology of gait: From the spinal cord to the frontal lobe

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1483-1491

  Takakusaki, Kaoru ^a,b  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body schema; Central pattern generator; Corticoreticulospinal system; Motor programming; Postural muscle tone

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CEREBELLUM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIMB MOVEMENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TEGMENTUM;

BODY SCHEMA; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CORTICORETICULOSPINAL SYSTEM; MOTOR PROGRAMMING; POSTURAL MUSCLE TONE;

ANIMALS; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; HUMANS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84885803007     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25669     Document Type: Review

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