Contribution of group III and IV muscle afferents to multisensorial spinal motor control in cats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-206

  Schomburg, Eike D ^a   Steffens, Heinz ^a   Kniffki, Klaus Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fine muscle afferents; Flexor reflex afferents; Motor control; Multisensorial convergence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0032918395     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(99)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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