Characterization of a descending system that enables crossed group II inhibitory reflex pathways in the cat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 723-729

  Aggelopoulos, N C ^a   Burton, M J ^a   Clarke, R W ^b   Edgley, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

descending control; muscle afferents; serotonin; spinal cord; spinal interneurons; spinal reflexes

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; N TERT BUTYL 3 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] 2 PHENYLPROPIONAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL REFLEX;

EID: 0030050760     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-02-00723.1996     Document Type: Article

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