1. We previously demonstrated in the spinal cat that superficial peroneal cutaneous nerve
stimulation produced strong reflex contraction in tibialis anterior (TA) and semitendinosus …

The neural makeup and basic functions of the mammalian spinal cord have been well
recognized for many years. Early in the last century, Sherrington (1905) studied spinal …

Previous research has demonstrated that the spinal cord is capable of a simple form of
instrumental learning. Spinally transected rats that receive shock to a hind leg in an …

Classically conditioned facilitation of the flexor withdrawal reflex of spinal cat occurs in knee
and ankle flexor muscles but not in a flexor muscle of the toes. Furthermore, the spinal …

At the beginning of the 20th century the prevalent view of brain mechanisms of learning and
memory was a specific pathway “switchboard” notion. This view was perhaps most explicitly …

Research on learning, memory, and neural plasticity has long focused on the brain.
However, the spinal cord also exhibits these phenomena to a remarkable degree. Following …

The long-term nature of peripherally induced spinal fixation was examined in the present
study. Sixty-three anesthetized rats received 45–90 min of hindlimb stimulation. After a 24 …

In the present study, we investigated classical conditioning of both the limb flexion reflex as
well as the eyeblink reflex in a patient with a circumscribed lesion of the left intermediate …

An analysis is presented of the effects of previous static or dynamic fusimotor activity on
various phases of primary afferent discharge before and during ramp stretch of the soleus …

A long-lasting interest in basic neural mechanisms underlying the phenomena of learning
and memory has produced a plethora of tactical approaches to discover and characterize …