Electrophysiological actions of the rubrospinal tract in the anaesthetised rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-131

  Al Izki, Sarah ^a   Kirkwood, Peter A ^a   Lemon, Roger N ^a   Enríquez Denton, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Red nucleus; Rubrospinal tract; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; MICROELECTRODE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTAXIS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 44649144536     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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