Inhibition of motoneurons during the cutaneous silent period in the spinal cord of the turtle

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-28

  Guzulaitis, Robertas ^a   Hounsgaard, Jorn ^b   Alaburda, Aidas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cutaneous silent period; Motoneurones; Neural network; Postsynaptic inhibition; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SCRATCHING; SKIN NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TURTLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 84862760266     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3111-y     Document Type: Article

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