Group I disynaptic excitation of cat hindlimb flexor and bifunctional motoneurones during fictive locomotion

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 525, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 549-564

  Quevedo, J ^a   Fedirchuk, B ^a   Gosgnach, S ^a   McCrea, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANKLE; DIFFUSION; EXCITATION; FICTIVE LOCOMOTION; GROUP I DISYNAPTIC EXCITATION; HINDLIMB MUSCLE; HIP; KNEE;

EID: 0034213702     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-1-00549.x     Document Type: Article

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