THE ACTIVATION OF PERSISTENT INWARD CURRENTS IN FELINE SPINAL MOTONEURONS IS NOISE AND LOCATION-DEPENDENT by
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Location and magnitude of conductance changes produced by Renshaw recurrent inhibition in spinal motoneurons.
The mean location of Renshaw synapses on spinal motoneurons and their synaptic conductance were estimated from changes in impedance magnitude produced by sustained recurrent inhibition. Motoneuron impedance was determined by injecting quasi-white noise current into lumbosacral motoneurons of pentobarbital-anesthetized cats. Synaptic location and conductance were estimated by comparing observed ...
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