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Physiological Recordings of High and Low Output NMJs on the Crayfish Leg Extensor Muscle
Published on: November 17, 2010
[Antidromal and synaptic potentials of motoneurons of the cat accessory nerve nucleus]
Abstract:
Field potentials were recorded in segments C1-C4 after stimulation of n. accessorius. In this region antidromic and synaptic potentials 20 n. accessory motoneurons were recorded. They were produced by stimulation of the accessory nerve and other peripheral nerves. The latency of antidromic potentials was 0.6-1.1 ms. Only EPSPs and action potentials were produced by stimulation of different peripheral nerves. EPSP's latency were 2.2-4.4 ms for the third cervical nerve, 3.8-5.8 ms for n. splenius, 11-20 ms for n. radialis superficialis, 2.2-3.5 ms for n. infraorbitalis.
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