Formation of specific monosynaptic connections between muscle spindle afferents and motoneurons in the mouse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3128-3135

  Mears, Simon C ^a   Frank, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ia fibers; motoneurons; muscle spindle afferents; spinal cord; stretch reflex; synaptic specificity; synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HINDLIMB; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0030900219     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-03128.1997     Document Type: Article

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