Intracortical connections between motor cortical zones controlling antagonistic muscles in the cat: a combined anatomical and physiological study

Experimental Brain Research
C CapadayB A Lavoie

Abstract

Experiments were done on nine cats anaesthetized with pentobarbitone to determine whether motor cortical zones controlling antagonistic muscles are synaptically interconnected. Motor cortical zones controlling wrist flexors, or extensors, were identified by microstimulation and intramuscular electromyographic recordings (microstimulation: 11 pulses at 333 pulses/s, current 10-40 microA). The position of each zone of interest was marked by a small ink spot on the surface of the cortex and on a scaled drawing of the cortical surface (cruciate region). Following the identification of wrist flexor and extensor zones the anterograde tracer biocytin was injected into one, or two, wrist extensor zones at three depths (400, 800 and 1500 microm) from the cortical surface. A small injection of horseradish peroxidase (HRP)--producing a dark brown spot of approximately 300-500 microm--was made in layer II-III of one or more wrist flexor zones. Similar HRP injections were made in the deep layers of wrist extensor zones that were not labelled by biocytin. The HRP injections served to mark the position of potential targets of biocytin-labelled fibres. In some experiments the biocytin was injected into a wrist flexor zone and HRP was deposited...Continue Reading

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