Convergence of forelimb afferent actions on C7-Th1 propriospinal neurones bilaterally projecting to sacral segments of the cat spinal cord

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-58

  Krutki, Piotr ^a   Mrowczynski W ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FLEXOR REFLEX; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PROPRIOSPINAL NERVE CELL; RADIAL NERVE; SACRUM; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; ULNAR NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; LAMIINAE;

EID: 1442354122     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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