Differential modulation of disynaptic cutaneous inhibition and excitation in ankle flexor motoneurons during fictive locomotion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2972-2985

  Degtyarenko, A M ^a   Simon, E S ^a   Burke, R E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029861071     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.2972     Document Type: Article

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