title: Effects of hindlimb cutaneous afferent inputs on spinal reflex recording from tail muscle motoneurons in the spinalized cat.
abstract: In 4 spinalized cats, the effects of afferent inputs from hindlimb cutaneous nerves (sural cutaneous nerve: Sur) on mono-and poly-synaptic reflex recorded from tail muscle motoneurons were studied before and after spinal lesioning at S2-3 level. Monosynaptic reflex was enhanced by ipsilateral Sur stimulation at short conditioning-test stimulus interval and this effect was not observed after spinal lesion of ipsilateral side of spinal cord. Polysynaptic reflex was inhibited by stimulation of Sur in both sides and this inhibitory effect was depressed by contralateral spinal lesioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokuriki
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000502:physiology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D007839:Functional Laterality; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000502:physiology; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000294:innervation; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation*; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D012023:Reflex, Monosynaptic / Q000502:physiology; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D013623:Tail