Absence of effects of contralateral group I muscle afferents on presynaptic inhibition of Ia terminals in humans and cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1176-1185

  Mezzarane, Rinaldo André ^a   Kohn, André Fabio ^a   Couto Roldan, Erika ^b   Martinez, Lourdes ^c   Flores, Amira ^d   Manjarrez, Elias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Commissural interneuron; Crossed reflex; H reflex; Monosynaptic reflex; Soleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84865076481     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00831.2011     Document Type: Article

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