Are crossed actions of reticulospinal and vestibulospinal neurons on feline motoneurons mediated by the same or separate commissural neurons?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 8041-8050

  Krutki, Piotr ^a,c   Jankowska, Elzbieta ^a   Edgley, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Commissural neurons; Motoneurons; Postural reactions; Reticulospinal neurons; Spinal cord; Vestibulospinal neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LEG MUSCLE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULOSPINAL TRACT;

EID: 0041335194     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-22-08041.2003     Document Type: Article

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