Operant conditioning of reciprocal inhibition in rat soleus muscle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2144-2150

  Xiang, Yang Chen ^a,b   Chen, Lu ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 33749505877     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00253.2006     Document Type: Article

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