Transmission security for single kinesthetic afferent fibers of joint origin and their target cuneate neurons in the cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2980-2992

  Coleman, Gordon T ^a   Zhang, Hong Qi ^a,b   Rowe, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cuneate nucleus; Dorsal column nuclei; Joint afferent fiber; Kinesthetic input; Paired recording; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WRIST;

EID: 0037386991     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02980.2003     Document Type: Article

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