Interaction between peripheral afferent activity and presynaptic inhibition of Ia afferents in the cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1664-1674

  Enriquez Denton M ^a   Morita, H ^b   Christensen, L O D ^a   Petersen, N ^b   Sinkjaer, T ^c   Nielsen, J B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIBIAL NERVE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 0036798396     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.4.1664     Document Type: Article

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