On 18 Jan 1995, Judith Schotland wrote:
> Urodelians:
>> I am interested in knowing what work has been done on the salamander
> and/or axolotl spinal cord. I'm considering a project on salamander
> spinal interneurons as they relate to locomotion, and have found only a
> couple of references (Davis et al., anatomy of descending propriospinal
> neurons; Frolich et al., EMGs during swimming and trotting). Does
> anyone know of other references that I should know about? Spinal cord
> electrophysiology, anatomy, pharmacology, spinal reflexes--all would be
> useful.
>
Hi Judith,
there are some references from our lab, which could be of interest for
you, for examples:
1. Dicke, U, Roth, G (1994): Tectal activation of premotor and motor
networks during feeding in salamanders, European Journal of Morphology, vol.
32, pp 106-116.
2. Roth, G (1987): Visual behavior in salamanders, Springer Verlag,
Berlin Heidelberg, New York.
3. Matsushima, T, Roth, G (1986): Fast excitatory action of optic tectum
on tongue motorneurons in the tongue-projection salamander Hydromantes
italicus, Brain-Cognition-Perception (Elsner, Roth), Thieme Verlag,
Stuttgart, New York.
4. Roth, G, Nishikawa, K, Dicke, U, Wake, DB (1988): Topographie and
cytoarchitecture of the motor nuclei in the brain stem of salamanders. J.
Comp. Neurol. 278, pp 181-194.
5. Wake, DB, Nishikawa, K, Roth, G (1988): Organization of the motor
nuclei in the cervical spinal cord of salamders. J. Comp. Neurol. 278, pp
195-208.
I would be strongly interested in your investigations.
all the best,
-HAUKE-
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