Group I extensor afferents evoke disynaptic EPSPs in cat hindlimb extensor motorneurones during fictive locomotion

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 494, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 851-861

  Angel, M J ^a   Guertin, P ^a   Jimenez I ^a,b   McCrea, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; HIP; KNEE; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX;

EID: 0029738035     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021538     Document Type: Article

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