Medullary reticulospinal tract mediating the generalized motor inhibition in cats: Parallel inhibitory mechanisms acting on motoneurons and on interneuronal transmission in reflex pathways

Neuroscience

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 511-527

  Takakusaki, K ^a   Kohyama, J ^b   Matsuyama, K ^c   Mori, S ^d  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

linkage; Decerebrate preparation; Locomotion; REM sleep; Spinal interneurons

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; GAMMA MOTONEURON; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HINDLIMB; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INHIBITION; REFLEX ARC; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAIT; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP, REM; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035857740     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00586-8     Document Type: Article

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