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This short review will summarize some of the work we and others have performed in the field of pharmacology of locomotion in cats and indicate the potential benefits of such an approach in clinical situations where we believe that a rational locomotor pharmacotherapy can be developed.
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Rossignol, S., Chau, C., Barbeau, H. (1995). Pharmacology of Locomotion in Chronic Spinal Cats. In: Taylor, A., Gladden, M.H., Durbaba, R. (eds) Alpha and Gamma Motor Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1935-5_95
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