Reciprocal Ia inhibition contributes to motoneuronal hyperpolarisation during the inactive phase of locomotion and scratching in the cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-134

  Geertsen, Svend S ^a,b   Stecina, Katinka ^a,b   Meehan, Claire F ^b   Nielsen, Jens B ^a,b   Hultborn, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; LEVODOPA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650313895     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.199125     Document Type: Article

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