| Title | Reduced day-to-day variation accompanies adaptive plasticity in the primate spinal stretch reflex. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1985 |
| Authors | Wolpaw, J, O'Keefe, JA, Kieffer, VA, Sanders, MG |
| Journal | Neuroscience letters |
| Volume | 54 |
| Pagination | 165–171 |
| Date Published | 03/1985 |
| ISSN | 0304-3940 |
| Keywords | Learning, Memory, plasticity, primate, spinal reflex, stretch reflex |
| Abstract | Monkeys can change the amplitude of the spinal stretch reflex (SSR), or M1, when reward is made contingent on amplitude. The present study demonstrates that reduced SSR day-to-day variation accompanies such adaptive SSR change. This finding supports the assumption that initial, phase I, SSR change results from contingency-appropriate stabilization of tonic activity in relevant descending spinal cord pathways. |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3991057 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0304-3940(85)80073-2 |
