Topographical Organization of Group II afferent input in the rat spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-373

  Riddell, J S ^a,c   Hadian, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field potentials; Interneurons; Motoneurons; Motor control; Muscle afferents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG MUSCLE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TOPOGRAPHY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HINDLIMB; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032507808     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980511)394:3<357::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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