Soleus motoneuron excitability after rat hindlimb unloading using histology and a new electrophysiological approach to record a neurographic analogue of the H-reflex

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 368-374

  De Doncker, L ^a   Kasri, M ^a   Falempin, M ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Monosynaptic reflex; Motoneuron morphology; Simulated microgravity; Soleus; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; H-REFLEX; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33748471304     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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