Properties of single central Ia afferent fibres projecting to motoneurones.
Properties of single central Ia afferent fibres projecting to motoneurones.
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投射到运动神经元的单个中央 Ia 传入纤维的特性。
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1979
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通讯作者:
G. Sypert
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作者:
J. Munson;G. Sypert
1. Electrical potentials in the cat lumbosacral spinal cord evoked by the action of single medial gastrocnemius Ia afferent fibres were recorded using low impedance, bevelled micropipette electrodes and the spike triggered averaging technique. 2. Axonal potentials from the Ia fibres recorded extracellularly appeared as brief triphasic predominantly negative potentials. 3. Terminal potentials recorded in regions of Ia afferent termination appeared as brief diphasic positive‐negative waves, often with additional wavelets. 4. Focal synaptic potentials, recorded extracellularly in regions of the medial gastrocnemius Ia afferent termination, appeared as slow (about 10 msec duration) negative potentials following terminal potentials. 5. Excitatory post‐synaptic potentials, recorded intracellularly in Ia target cells of the medial gastrocnemius, appeared as slow (about 10 msec duration) positive potentials following terminal potentials. 6. Analysis of the temporal progression of these potentials through the spinal cord allowed calculations of the Ia conduction velocity in the dorsal funiculus stem axon (50‐60 m/sec), in major collateral branches (8‐19 m/sec) and in terminal branches (0.2‐1.0 m/sec). 7. The number of major collateral branches (nine or fewer) and their spacing along the spinal cord (1071 micron mean value) were determined by analysing the extent of the triceps surae motoneurone column. 8. The structural and functional properties of medial gastrocnemius Ia afferent fibres are discussed in relation to recent single fibre anatomical data and the present single fibre electrophysiological data.