Input-output functions of mammalian motoneurons

RK Powers, MD Binder - Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and …, 2007 - Springer
Communication between neurons can occur chemically via synaptic transmission. This
communication process begins when an invading depolarization opens voltage-gated …

Muscle spindles: their messages and their fusimotor supply

PBC Matthews - Comprehensive Physiology, 1981 - cir.nii.ac.jp
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Recruitment of upper-limb motoneurons with epidural electrical stimulation of the cervical spinal cord

N Greiner, B Barra, G Schiavone, H Lorach… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of lumbosacral sensorimotor circuits improves leg motor
control in animals and humans with spinal cord injury (SCI). Upper-limb motor control …

Synaptic architecture of leg and wing premotor control networks in Drosophila

E Lesser, AW Azevedo, JS Phelps, L Elabbady, A Cook… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Animal movement is controlled by motor neurons (MNs), which project out of the central
nervous system to activate muscles. MN activity is coordinated by complex premotor …

[SÁCH][B] The motor unit

D Burke, J Howells - 2016 - books.google.com
The term'motor unit'refers to the lower motor neuron (or 'motoneuron'), its axon, and the few
hundred muscle fibres that it innervates. The term is generally reserved for a motoneurons …

Composition and topographic organization of signals sent from the frontal eye field to the superior colliculus

MA Sommer, RH Wurtz - Journal of neurophysiology, 2000 - journals.physiology.org
The frontal eye field (FEF) and superior colliculus (SC) contribute to saccadic eye movement
generation, and much of the FEF's oculomotor influence may be mediated through the SC …

The location and morphology of preganglionic neurons and the distribution of visceral afferents from the rat pelvic nerve: a horseradish peroxidase study

I Nadelhaft, AM Booth - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
Preganglionic neurons of the sacral parasympathetic nucleus (SPN) were located almost
exclusively (98%) within the L6‐S1 spinal cord segments. The SPN contained approximately …

Correlation of cell body size, axon size, and signal conduction velocity for individually labelled dorsal root ganglion cells in the cat

KH Lee, K Chung, JM Chung… - Journal of Comparative …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of cell body and peripheral and central axon sizes were made for primary
sensory neurons outlined by the intracellular injection of HRP. Conduction velocities were …

Spinal motoneuron recruitment in man: Rank deordering with direction but not with speed of voluntary movement

JE Desnedt, E Gidaux - Science, 1981 - science.org
Single motor units in human interosseous muscle are recruited in order from small to large in
slow or brisk voluntary abduction of the index finger. When the same muscle acts as a …

[PDF][PDF] The physiological control of motoneuron activity

MD Binder, CJ Heckman… - Handbook of physiology …, 1996 - researchgate.net
Patterns of Motor Output Orderly recruitment of motor units Measurement techniques
Precision and stereotypy of the normal sequence Evidence for systematic recruitment …