[Contralateral neuro-motor apparatus under unilateral restriction of motor activity in rat]

Electromyographic recordings of contralateral m. gastrocnemius of the rat after unilateral section of Achilles' tendon (tenotomy) were studied. Motor reflex, Hoffman reflex and firing of motor units of contralateral m. gastrocnemius were recorded in control and in 10 days after tendotomy. Motor units changed their firing in the background and in reaction to sciatic nerve stimulation. The results of study showed that unilateral section of Achilles' tendon increased the excitability of single motoneurons of contralateral spinal senters.