Ipsilateral actions from the feline red nucleus on hindlimb motoneurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 5865-5884

  Stecina, K ^a,c   Slawinska, U ^a,d   Jankowska, Elzbieta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HINDLIMB; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; CAT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HINDLIMB MOTONEURON; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HINDLIMB; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 57649238036     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.163998     Document Type: Article

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