Sub-processes of motor learning revealed by a robotic manipulandum for rodents

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 278, Issue , 2015, Pages 569-576

  Lambercy, O ^a   Schubring Giese, M ^b   Vigaru, B ^a   Gassert, R ^a   Luft, A R ^b,c   Hosp, J A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ETH Pattus; Motor learning; Robot; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; RAT; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; LONG EVANS RAT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84910602368     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.10.047     Document Type: Article

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