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ArticleExperimental brain research2014

Concomitant changes in afterhyperpolarization and twitch following repetitive stimulation of fast motoneurones and motor units.

P Krutki, W Mrówczyński, R Raikova, J Celichowski

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Article in Experimental brain research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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P KrutkiDepartment of Neurobiology, University School of Physical Education, 27/39 Królowej Jadwigi St., 61-871, Poznan, Poland.
W Mrówczyński
R Raikova
J Celichowski

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Abstract

The study aimed at determining changes in a course of motoneuronal afterhyperpolarization (AHP) and in contractile twitches of motor units (MUs) during activity evoked by increasing number of stimuli (from 1 to 5), at short interspike intervals (5 ms). The stimulation was applied antidromically to spinal motoneurones or to isolated axons of MUs of the medial gastrocnemius muscle within two separate series of experiments on anesthetized rats. Alterations in the amplitude and time parameters of the AHP of successive spikes were compared to changes in force and time course of successive twitches obtained by mathematical subtraction of tetanic contractions evoked by one to five stimuli. The extent of changes of the studied parameters depended on a number of applied stimuli. The maximal modulation of the AHP and twitch parameters (a prolongation and an increase in the AHP and twitch amplitudes) was typically observed after the second pulse, while higher number of pulses at the same frequency did not induce so prominent changes. One may conclude that changes observed in parameters of action potentials of motoneurons are concomitant to changes in contractile properties of MU twitches. This suggests that both modulations of the AHP and twitch parameters reflect mechanisms leading to force development at the beginning of MU activity.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsBiophysicsElectric StimulationEvoked Potentials, MotorLaminectomyMaleMotor NeuronsMuscle ContractionMuscle, SkeletalRatsRats, WistarSpinal CordTime Factors

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