LONG-TERM UNIT RECORDING FROM SOMATOSENSORY NEURONS IN SPINAL GANGLIA OF FREELY WALKING CAT
LONG-TERM UNIT RECORDING FROM SOMATOSENSORY NEURONS IN SPINAL GANGLIA OF FREELY WALKING CAT
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DOI:
10.1126/science.897663
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
DUYSENS, J
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作者:
LOEB, GE;BAK, MJ;DUYSENS, J
A new technique was developed for stable, long-term recording from groups of individual primary afferent neurons in the freely walking cat. A number of fine, flexible wires were inserted into dorsal root ganglia via a small laminotomy in the lumbar spine. The cut end of each wire can record stable and separable action potentials from 1-3 dorsal root ganglion neurons; each unit typically held for 1-4 days. A broad range of myelinated somatosensory afferents (conduction velocities of 30-120 m/s) were studied during locomotion. Most cutaneous and proprioceptive afferents studied were sensitive monitors of complex combinations of step-cycle components, and their firing patterns would often be difficult to predict from existing information.