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Presynaptic inhibition in the vertebrate central nervous system

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Ergebnisse der Physiologie Reviews of Physiology, Volume 63

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Abbreviations

Group Ia:

from primary muscle spindle endings

Group Ib:

from Golgi tendon organs

Group II:

from secondary muscle spindle endings

Group III:

high threshold myelinated afferents

Group IV:

= C-fibres, unmyelinated

Group II:

low threshold myelinated afferents

Group III:

high threshold myelinated afferents

Group IV:

= C-fibres, unmyelinated

D-cell:

Dorsal horn interneurone on PAD reflex pathway

DCR:

Dorsal column reflex

DRP:

Dorsal root potential

DR-DRP:

Dorsal root potential evoked in the amphibian spinal cord by stimulation of dorsal roots

DRR:

Dorsal root reflex

EPSP:

Excitatory postsynaptic potential

IPSP:

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

LGB:

Lateral geniculate body

N-wave:

Negative potential wave

PAD:

Primary afferent depolarization

PAH:

Primary afferent hyperpolarization

PC-receptor:

Rapidly adapting mechanoreceptor (Pacinian corpuscle)

FDHL:

flexor digitorum plus hallucis longus

GS:

gastrocnemius plus soleus

M:

median

PBST:

posterior biceps plus semitendinosus

PDP:

peroneal plus deep peroneal (flexor branches only)

PL:

plantaris

SU:

suralis

PT:

posterior tibial

SMAB:

semimembranosus plus anterior biceps

SP:

superficial peroneal

SR:

superficial radial

U:

ulnaris

P-wave:

positive potential wave

RA-receptor:

rapidly adapting mechanoreceptor of hairless skin

SA-receptor:

slowly adapting mechanoreceptor of hairless skin

SG-cell:

Substantia gelatinosa cell

VR-DRP:

dorsal root potential evoked in the amphibian spinal cord by stimulation of ventral roots

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Schmidt, R.F. (1971). Presynaptic inhibition in the vertebrate central nervous system. In: Ergebnisse der Physiologie Reviews of Physiology, Volume 63. Ergebnisse der Physiologie, biologischen Chemie und experimentellen Pharmakologie, vol 63. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0047741

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