Same spinal interneurons mediate reflex actions of group Ib and group II afferents and crossed reticulospinal actions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3911-3922

  Cabaj, A ^a,b   Stecina, K ^a   Jankowska, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 2; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL REFLEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; REFLEX; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33744905559     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01262.2005     Document Type: Article

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