Intracortical connections between motor cortical zones controlling antagonistic muscles in the cat: A combined anatomical and physiological study

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-232

  Capaday, C ^a   Devanne, H ^a,b   Bertrand, Louise ^a   Lavoie, Brigitte A ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Lab de Physiologie Neuromusculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Biocytin; HRP; Intracortical horizontal connections; Microstimulation; Motor cortex; Reciprocal inhibition

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; WRIST;

EID: 0031978163     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050396     Document Type: Article

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