Stance-phase force on the opposite limb dictates swing-phase afferent presynaptic inhibition during locomotion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3168-3180

  Hayes, Heather Brant ^a   Chang, Young Hui ^a,b   Hochman, Shawn ^a,c  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root potential; Ground reaction force; Interlimb coupling; Limb loading; Primary afferent depolarization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; FORCE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; IN VITRO STUDY; KINEMATICS; LIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; STANCE PHASE; SWING PHASE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POSTURE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS;

EID: 84861847095     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01134.2011     Document Type: Article

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