Differential origin of reticulospinal drive to motoneurons innervating trunk and hindlimb muscles in the mouse revealed by optical recording

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5259-5276

  Szokol, Karolina ^a   Glover, Joel C ^a   Perreault, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HINDLIMB; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HINDLIMB MUSCLE; MEDULLARY RETICULAR FORMATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR NEURONS; POSTURE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 55349099219     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.158105     Document Type: Article

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