New observations on coupling between group II muscle afferents and feline γ-motoneurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 512, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 507-520

  Gladden, M H ^a,b   Jankowska, E ^b   Czarkowska Bauch, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAMMA MOTONEURON; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT BREED; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HINDLIMB; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS, GAMMA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032532506     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.507be.x     Document Type: Article

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