Modulation of oligosynaptic cutaneous and muscle afferent reflex pathways during fictive locomotion and scratching in the cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 447-463

  Degtyarenko, A M ^a   Simon, E S ^a,b   Norden Krichmar, T ^a   Burke, R E ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MESENCEPHALON; MODULATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SCRATCHING; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0031941588     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.447     Document Type: Article

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