Locomotor modulation of disynaptic EPSPs from the mesencephalic locomotor region in cat motoneurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3284-3296

  Degtyarenko, A M ^a,b   Simon, E S ^a,c   Burke, R E ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DECEREBRATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032433203     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.3284     Document Type: Article

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