4.2. Effectiveness of activation 4.3. Multimodal input 4.4. Shared input 5. Functional
subdivision 6. Interneuronal selection 6.1. Modulation of sensitivity of receptors 6.2. Gating …

The present review examines the experimental evidence supporting the existence of central
mechanisms able to modulate the synaptic effectiveness of sensory fibers ending in the …

Golgi tendon organs are contraction-sensitive mechanoreceptors of mammalian skeletal
muscles innervated by fast-conducting Ib afferent fibers. With this clear-cut definition, tendon …

The third edition of this monograph continues to have the goal of providing an overview of
current thought about the spinal cord mechanisms that are responsible for sensory …

The nature of dorsal root reflexes (DRRs) and their possible role in peripheral inflammation
and the consequent hyperalgesia are reviewed. The history of DRRs and the relationship of …

Reciprocal inhibition of H reflexes in the forearm flexor muscles was examined in a group of
16 patients with writer's and other occupational cramps. The early disynaptic phase of …

The motor cortex plays a crucial role in the co-ordination of movement and posture. This is
possible because the pyramidal tract fibres have access both directly and through collateral …

Spinal motor systems receive a convergent input from descending tracts and peripheral
afferents. As a rule, there is multiform descending convergence from different supraspinal …

More than 30 years ago, Frank and Fuortes proposed that the synaptic effectiveness of
muscle spindle afferents associated with spinal motoneurones could be diminished by the …

This chapter presents an historical review on the development of some of the main findings
on presynaptic inhibition. Particular attention is given to recent studies pertaining the …