Taking the next step: Cortical contributions to the control of locomotion

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-33

  Drew, Trevor ^a   Marigold, Daniel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL INFORMATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING; ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84921855679     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2015.01.011     Document Type: Review

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