Cutaneous afferent regulation of motor function

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-171

  Panek, Izabela ^a   Bui, Tuan ^a   Wright, Asher T B ^a   Brownstone, Robert M ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grasp; Interneurons; Locomotion; Low threshold mechanoreceptors; Microcircuits; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LOCOMOTION; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MECHANORECEPTORS; SKIN;

EID: 84904012064     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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