A positive feedback circuit involving muscle spindle secondaries and gamma motoneurons in the cat

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 1999, Pages 149-156

  Jankowska, E ^a   Gladden, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; TIZANIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAMMA MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033376442     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62852-6     Document Type: Article

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