Skilled reaching and grasping in the rat: Lacking effect of corticospinal lesion

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5 JUN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Alstermark, Bror ^a   Pettersson, Lars Gunnar ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract lesion; Grasping; Interneuron; Motorneuron; Reaching; Reticulospinal; Skilled forelimb movements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT;

EID: 84904411468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00103     Document Type: Article

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