Permanent central synaptic disconnection of proprioceptors after nerve injury and regeneration. II. Loss of functional connectivity with motoneurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2471-2485

  Bullinger, Katie L ^a   Nardelli, Paul ^a   Pinter, Martin J ^b   Alvarez, Francisco J ^a   Cope, Timothy C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Plasticity; Primary afferents; Reinnervation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERAGING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SPIKE TRIGGERED AVERAGING; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 80755169661     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01097.2010     Document Type: Article

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