Renshaw cell responses to intra-arterial injection of muscle metabolites into cat calf muscles

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-247

  Windhorst, Uwe ^a,b,c   Meyer Lohmann, Justus ^c   Kirmayer, Dov ^a   Zochodne, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Cyprus Neurosci and Technol Inst   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group III IV afferent; Muscle fatigue; Muscle metabolite; Muscle pain; Renshaw cell

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METABOLITE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYKININ; CATS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0030942350     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)01157-7     Document Type: Article

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