Properties of propriospinal neurons in the C3-C4 segments mediating disynaptic pyramidal excitation to forelimb motoneurons in the macaque monkey

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3674-3685

  Isa, Tadashi ^a,d   Ohki, Yukari ^b   Seki, Kazuhiko ^a   Alstermark, Bror ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CAT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FORELIMB; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LAMINA PROPRIA; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FORELIMB; INTERNEURONS; MACACA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33744917821     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00103.2005     Document Type: Article

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