Abstract
The contribution of antidromic excitation of motoneurons to cord dorsum potentials (CDP) was studied in the spinal cord of anesthetized cats. It was shown that stimulation of ventral roots (VR) or peripheral nerves following deafferentiation of a number of segments by crosscutting of dorsal roots on the dorsal surface evokes appreciable positive-negative CDP (VR-CDP). Under intact conditions, VR effects of antidromic stimulation of efferent fibers brings appreciable input to the initial "fast" CDP component (the "afferent" peak); input values for the main mixed nerves of the hindlimb are presented. After conditioning stimulation of a mixed nerve, VR-CDP undergo inhibition with two maximums, associated with blocking of the effects of antidromic excitation of efferents by orthodromic mono- and polysynaptic reflex discharges of motoneurons. The hypothesis that intactness of efferents in nerves under stimulation can be determined from an analysis of initial CDP components is stated.
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