RECURRENT FACILITATION OF SPINAL REFLEXES

Antidromic volleys in muscle nerves may facilitate monosynaptic reflexes originating from neighboring motoneurons. This facilitation has been studied in spinal cats. It is at its peak with a conditioning-test interval of 20 to 30 msec., and can last 50 to 100 msec. The threshold of facilitation is...

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Main Author: Wilson, Victor J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1959
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2194996/