Reflex transmission to lumbar α-motoneurones in the mouse similar and different to those in the cat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 133-140

  Schomburg, Eike D ^a   Kalezic, Ivana ^a   Dibaj, Payam ^b   Steffens, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cat; Electrophysiology; In vivo; Intracellular recording; Motoneurone; Mouse; Reflex transmission

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAT; CONDITIONING; DORSAL ROOT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FLEXOR REFLEX; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATENT PERIOD; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPINAL REFLEX; TIBIAL NERVE; VENTRAL ROOT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FOOT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84879026846     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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