Does a C3-C4 propriospinal system transmit corticospinal excitation in the primate? An investigation in the macaque monkey

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 511, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 191-212

  Maier, M A ^a   Illert, M ^b   Kirkwood, P A ^a   Nielsen, J ^b   Lemon, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MACACA; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; ADULT; CERVICAL SPINE; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; ARM; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOREARM; INTERNEURONS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRIMATES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032529155     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.191bi.x     Document Type: Article

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