A survey of spinal collateral actions of feline ventral spinocerebellar tract neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 380-392

  Geborek, P ^a,b   Nilsson, E ^a   Bolzoni, F ^a,c   Jankowska, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascending tract neurons; Cerebellum; Feedback; Motor control; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VENTRAL SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT NEURON;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; CEREBELLUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HINDLIMB; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACTS;

EID: 84873318388     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12060     Document Type: Article

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