In vitro motor program for the rostral scratch reflex generated by the turtle spinal cord

Joyce Keifer; Paul S.G. Stein

doi:10.1016/0006-8993(83)91318-5

In vitro motor program for the rostral scratch reflex generated by the turtle spinal cord

Joyce Keifer, Paul S.G. Stein

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Abstract

Tactile stimulation applied to the turtle shell bridge elicits a rostral scratch reflex in the spinal turtle. The triphasic rostral scratch motor program produced in vivo can also be also produced by an in vitro turtle shell and spinal cord preparation. The in vitro production of this scratch program provides support for the generalization that coordinated motor programs can be generated by the spinal cord. This in vitro preparation can be utilized to examine the pharmacological sensitivities of the spinal cord neurons generating the scratch motor program.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	148-151
Number of pages	4
Journal	Brain Research
Volume	266
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(83)91318-5
State	Published - Apr 25 1983

Keywords

in vitro spinal cord
pattern generation
scratch reflex
turtle

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