Mechanisms regulating the specificity and strength of muscle afferent inputs in the spinal cord

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1198, Issue , 2010, Pages 220-230

  Mentis, George Z ^a,c   Alvarez, Francisco J ^b   Shneider, Neil A ^a,c   Siembab, Valerie C ^b   O'Donovan, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

motor neuron; muscle spindle; proprioceptor; Renshaw; stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

CONFERENCE PAPER; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL CORD; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL ROOT; SYNAPSE;

MUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77954566403     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05538.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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