Journal Club

This is a list of recommended references that we have used in our discussions and work related to proprioceptive feedback:

  1. Akay T, Tourtellotte WG, Arber S, Jessell TM. Degradation of mouse locomotor pattern in the absence of proprioceptive sensory feedback. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111(47):16877-82. PMID: 25389309; PMCID: PMC4250167.
  2. Botter A, Oprandi G, Lanfranco F, Allasia S, Maffiuletti NA, Minetto MA. Atlas of the muscle motor points for the lower limb: implications for electrical stimulation procedures and electrode positioning. European journal of applied physiology. 2011;111(10):2461-71. PMID: 21796408.
  3. Bonasera SJ, Nichols TR. Mechanical actions of heterogenic reflexes linking long toe flexors with ankle and knee extensors of the cat hindlimb. J Neurophysiol. 1994;71(3):1096-110. PMID: 8201405.
  4. Dyer JO, Maupas E, de Andrade Melo S, Bourbonnais D, Fleury J, Forget R. Transmission in heteronymous spinal pathways is modified after stroke and related to motor incoordination. PLoS One. 2009;4(1):e4123. PMID: 19122816; PMCID: 2607011.
  5. Dyer JO, Maupas E, de Andrade Melo S, Bourbonnais D, Nadeau S, Forget R. Changes in activation timing of knee and ankle extensors during gait are related to changes in heteronymous spinal pathways after stroke. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2014;11:148. PMID: 25343962; PMCID: 4271343.
  6. Eccles JC, Eccles RM, Lundberg A. Synaptic actions on motoneurones caused by impulses in Golgi tendon organ afferents. J Physiol. 1957;138(2):227-52. PMID: 13526123; PMCID: 1363042.
  7. Faist M, Mazevet D, Dietz V, Pierrot-Deseilligny E. A quantitative assessment of presynaptic inhibition of Ia afferents in spastics. Differences in hemiplegics and paraplegics. Brain. 1994;117 ( Pt 6):1449-55. PMID: 7820579.
  8. Hongo T, Lundberg A, Phillips CG, Thompson RF. The pattern of monosynaptic Ia-connections to hindlimb motor nuclei in the baboon: a comparison with the cat. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological sciences. 1984;221(1224):261-89. PMID: 6146138.
  9. Houk J, Henneman E. Responses of Golgi tendon organs to active contractions of the soleus muscle of the cat. J Neurophysiol. 1967;30(3):466-81. PMID: 6037588.
  10. Jankowska E, Edgley SA. Functional subdivision of feline spinal interneurons in reflex pathways from group Ib and II muscle afferents; an update. Eur J Neurosci. 2010;32(6):881-93. PMID: 20722720; PMCID: 2943059.
  11. Knikou M, Conway BA. Reflex effects of induced muscle contraction in normal and spinal cord injured subjects. Muscle & nerve. 2002;26(3):374-82. PMID: 12210367.
  12. Lyle MA, Nichols TR. Patterns of intermuscular inhibitory force feedback across cat hindlimbs suggest a flexible system for regulating whole limb mechanics. J Neurophysiol. 2018;119(2):668-78. PMID: 29142095; PMCID: PMC5867384.
  13. Manella KJ, Roach KE, Field-Fote EC. Operant conditioning to increase ankle control or decrease reflex excitability improves reflex modulation and walking function in chronic spinal cord injury. J Neurophysiol. 2013;109(11):2666-79. PMID: 23468393.
  14. Martin JA, Brandon SCE, Keuler EM, Hermus JR, Ehlers AC, Segalman DJ, Allen MS, Thelen DG. Gauging force by tapping tendons. Nat Commun. 2018;9(1):1592. PMID: 29686281; PMCID: PMC5913259.
  15. McKeon B, Burke D. Muscle spindle discharge in response to contraction of single motor units. J Neurophysiol. 1983;49(2):291-302. PMID: 6220135.
  16. Meunier S, Mogyoros I, Kiernan MC, Burke D. Effects of femoral nerve stimulation on the electromyogram and reflex excitability of tibialis anterior and soleus. Muscle & nerve. 1996;19(9):1110 PMID: 8761266.
  17. Meunier S, Penicaud A, Pierrot-Deseilligny E, Rossi A. Monosynaptic Ia excitation and recurrent inhibition from quadriceps to ankle flexors and extensors in man. J Physiol. 1990;423:661-75. PMID: 2388162; PMCID: PMC1189781.
  18. Meunier S, Pierrot-Deseilligny E, Simonetta M. Pattern of monosynaptic heteronymous Ia connections in the human lower limb. Exp Brain Res. 1993;96(3):534-44. PMID: 8299754.
  19. Meunier S, Pierrot-Deseilligny E, Simonetta-Moreau M. Pattern of heteronymous recurrent inhibition in the human lower limb. Exp Brain Res. 1994;102(1):149-59. PMID: 7895791.
  20. Neckel ND, Blonien N, Nichols D, Hidler J. Abnormal joint torque patterns exhibited by chronic stroke subjects while walking with a prescribed physiological gait pattern. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2008;5:19. PMID: 18761735; PMCID: PMC2553074.
  21. Nichols TR. Receptor mechanisms underlying heterogenic reflexes among the triceps surae muscles of the cat. J Neurophysiol. 1999;81(2):467-78. PMID: 10036251.
  22. Nichols TR, Bunderson NE, Lyle MA. Neural regulation of limb mechanics: Insights from the organization of proprioceptive circuits. In: Prilutsky BI, Edwards DH, editors. Neuromechanical Modeling of Posture and Locomotion. New York, New York: Springer; 2016.
  23. Obeidat AZ, Nardelli P, Powers RK, Cope TC. Modulation of motoneuron firing by recurrent inhibition in the adult rat in vivo. J Neurophysiol. 2014;112(9):2302-15. PMID: 25122713; PMCID: PMC4274916
  24. Pearson KG, Collins DF. Reversal of the influence of group Ib afferents from plantaris on activity in medial gastrocnemius muscle during locomotor activity. J Neurophysiol. 1993;70(3):1009-17. PMID: 8229157.
  25. Pierrot-Deseilligny E, Katz R, Morin C. Evidence of Ib inhibition in human subjects. Brain research. 1979;166(1):176-9. PMID: 421149.
  26. Ross KT, Nichols TR. Heterogenic feedback between hindlimb extensors in the spontaneously locomoting premammillary cat. J Neurophysiol. 2009;101(1):184-97. PMID: 19005003; PMCID: 2637003.
  27. Sainburg RL, Poizner H, Ghez C. Loss of proprioception produces deficits in interjoint coordination. J Neurophysiol. 1993;70(5):2136-47. PMID: 8294975.
  28. Thompson AK, Pomerantz FR, Wolpaw JR. Operant conditioning of a spinal reflex can improve locomotion after spinal cord injury in humans. J Neurosci. 2013;33(6):2365-75. PMID: 23392666; PMCID: 3579496.
  29. Wilmink RJ, Nichols TR. Distribution of heterogenic reflexes among the quadriceps and triceps surae muscles of the cat hind limb. J Neurophysiol. 2003;90(4):2310-24. PMID: 12826657.