Modulation of monosynaptic transmission by presynaptic inhibition during fictive locomotion in the cat

Brain Research

Volumn 964, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-82

  Ménard, Ariane ^a   Leblond, Hugues ^a   Gossard, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Monosynaptic excitation; Motoneurone; Presynaptic inhibition; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SKIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH;

EID: 0037458472     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04067-2     Document Type: Article

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