Both dorsal horn and lamina VIII interneurones contribute to crossed reflexes from feline group II muscle afferents

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 552, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 961-974

  Edgley, S A ^a   Jankowska, E ^b   Krutki, P ^b   Hammar, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; GROUP II MUSCLE AFFERENT; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0242558873     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.048009     Document Type: Article

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