Unexpected features of the interaction between individual primary afferents and spinal motoneurones.
Simultaneous intracellular recording from spinal motoneurone and dorsal root fibres afferent to it in the isolated amphibian cord revealed a specific correlation between the slow spontaneous depolarizing activity in motoneurones and primary afferents.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011898:Ranidae; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000502:physiology*
D002118:Calcium; D008274:Magnesium; D010852:Picrotoxin