On organization of a neuronal network in pathways from group II muscle afferents in feline lumbar spinal segments

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 542, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 301-314

  Jankowska, E ^a,c   Slawinska, U ^b   Hammar, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Box 432 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 2; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0036660843     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.014076     Document Type: Article

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