Convergence of skin reflex and corticospinal effects in segmental and propriospinal pathways to forelimb motoneurones in the cat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 422-434

  Sasaki, M ^a   Kitazawa, S ^b   Ohki, Y ^c   Hongo, T ^d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Cutaneous reflex; Forelimb motoneurones; Pyramidal tract; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FORELIMB; LATENT PERIOD; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0030064761     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00230423     Document Type: Article

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