Toe flexor muscle spindle discharge and stretch modulation during locomotor activity in the decerebrate cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 542, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 939-949

  Murphy, P R ^a   Pearson, K G ^b   Stein, R B ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 2; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TOE; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIRING RATE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NEUROMODULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOES;

EID: 0036687612     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013428     Document Type: Article

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