Medullary reticulospinal tract mediating the generalized motor inhibition in cats: II. Functional organization within the medullary reticular formation with respect to postsynaptic inhibition of forelimb and hindlimb motoneurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-77

  Habaguchi, T ^a   Takakusaki, K ^a   Saitoh, K ^a   Sugimoto, J ^a   Sakamoto, T ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decerebrate preparation; Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials; REM sleep; Somatotopographical representation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037008425     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00149-5     Document Type: Article

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