Intraspinal microstimulation excites multisegmental sensory afferents at lower stimulus levels than local α-motoneuron responses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2995-3005

  Gaunt, R A ^a,b   Prochazka, A ^a   Mushahwar, V K ^a   Guevremont, L ^a   Ellaway, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HINDLIMB; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33751504015     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00061.2006     Document Type: Article

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