Corticospinal control of antagonistic muscles in the cat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1632-1641

  Ethier, Christian ^a   Brizzi, Laurent ^a   Giguère, Dominic ^a   Capaday, Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antagonist co contractions; Cortical circuits; GABAergic inhibition; Intracortical inhibition; Microstimulation; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE AGENTS; JOINTS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34548701341     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05778.x     Document Type: Article

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