Reticulospinal systems mediate atonia with short and long latencies

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1839-1851

  Kohyama, Jun ^a   Lai, Yuan Yang ^a   Siegel, Jerome M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031796549     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1839     Document Type: Article

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