Modulatory effects of α1-, α2-, and β-receptor agonists on feline spinal interneurons with monosynaptic input from group I muscle afferents

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 332-338

  Hammar, Ingela ^a   Jankowska, Elzbieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat; Clonidine; Group I afferents; Isoproterenol; Noradrenaline; Phenylephrine; Spasticity; Spinal cord; Spinal reflexes; Tizanidine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CLONIDINE; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; TIZANIDINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; IONTOPHORESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; CLONIDINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037207850     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-01-00332.2003     Document Type: Article

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