Do spinocerebellar neurones forward information on spinal actions of neurones in the feline red nucleus?

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5727-5739

  Jankowska, E ^a   Nilsson, E ^a   Hammar, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 82455174132     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.213694     Document Type: Article

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