Selective impairment of the cerebellar C1 module involved in rat hind limb control reduces step-dependent modulation of cutaneous reflexes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2179-2189

  Pijpers, Angelique ^a   Winkelman, Beerend H J ^a   Bronsing, Robert ^a,b   Ruigrok, Tom J H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Ratiopharm   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Climbing fiber; Degeneration; Inferior olive; Locomotion; Purkinje cell; Reflex

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; NEUROTOXIN; SAPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLIMBING FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; HINDLIMB; INFERIOR OLIVE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHOLERA TOXIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PLANT PROTEINS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39849085999     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4668-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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