Skip to main content
PMC home page
The Journal of Physiology logoLink to The Journal of Physiology
. 1969 Aug;203(2):301–315. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1969.sp008865

Dorsal column projection of fibres from the cat knee joint

P R Burgess, F J Clark
PMCID: PMC1351446  PMID: 5796465

Abstract

1. Stimulation of the cervical dorsal columns excited an average of nine knee joint fibres in the cat posterior articular nerve, eleven fibres in the cat medial articular nerve and thirteen fibres in the monkey posterior articular nerve.

2. Joint fibres projecting to cervical levels were shown to be rapidly adapting by recording with micro-electrodes from single fibres in intact cat posterior articular nerves. The numerous slowly adapting fibres could not be antidromically excited from the cervical dorsal columns.

3. Several control experiments suggested that the antidromic stimulation method accurately defined the dorsal column projection of joint fibres.

Full text

PDF

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Brown A. G. Cutaneous afferent fibre collaterals in the dorsal columns of the cat. Exp Brain Res. 1968;5(4):293–305. doi: 10.1007/BF00235904. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Burgess P. R., Perl E. R. Myelinated afferent fibres responding specifically to noxious stimulation of the skin. J Physiol. 1967 Jun;190(3):541–562. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1967.sp008227. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Burgess P. R., Petit D., Warren R. M. Receptor types in cat hairy skin supplied by myelinated fibers. J Neurophysiol. 1968 Nov;31(6):833–848. doi: 10.1152/jn.1968.31.6.833. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. COOK A. W., BROWDER E. J. FUNCTION OF POSTERIOR COLUMNS IN MAN. Arch Neurol. 1965 Jan;12:72–79. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1965.00460250076009. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. GARDNER E., HADDAD B. Pathways to the cerebral cortex for afferent fibers from the hindleg of the cat. Am J Physiol. 1953 Feb;172(2):475–482. doi: 10.1152/ajplegacy.1953.172.2.475. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. GARDNER E., LATIMER F., STILWELL D. Central connections for afferent fibers from the knee joint of the cat. Am J Physiol. 1949 Nov;159(2):195–198. doi: 10.1152/ajplegacy.1949.159.2.195. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. GARDNER E., NOER R. Projection of afferent fibers from muscles and joints to the cerebral cortex of the cat. Am J Physiol. 1952 Feb;168(2):437–441. doi: 10.1152/ajplegacy.1952.168.2.437. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. GORDON G., JUKES M. G. DUAL ORGANIZATION OF THE EXTEROCEPTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE CAT'S GRACILE NUCLEUS. J Physiol. 1964 Sep;173:263–290. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1964.sp007456. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. GORDON G., PAINE C. H. Functional organization in nucleus gracilis of the cat. J Physiol. 1960 Sep;153:331–349. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006537. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. GRAY J. A. B., MATTHEWS P. B. C. Response of Pacinian corpuscles in the cat's toe. J Physiol. 1951 May;113(4):475–482. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1951.sp004589. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Gilman S., Denny-Brown D. Disorders of movement and behaviour following dorsal column lesions. Brain. 1966 Sep;89(3):397–418. doi: 10.1093/brain/89.3.397. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. HUNT C. C. On the nature of vibration receptors in the hind limb of the cat. J Physiol. 1961 Jan;155:175–186. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1961.sp006621. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. KRUGER L., SIMINOFF R., WITKOVSKY P. Single neuron analysis of dorsal column nuclei and spinal nucleus of trigeminal in cat. J Neurophysiol. 1961 Jul;24:333–349. doi: 10.1152/jn.1961.24.4.333. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. LLOYD D. P. C., McINTYRE A. K. Dorsal column conduction of group I muscle afferent impulses and their relay through Clarke's column. J Neurophysiol. 1950 Jan;13(1):39–54. doi: 10.1152/jn.1950.13.1.39. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. MOUNTCASTLE V. B., POWELL T. P. Central nervous mechanisms subserving position sense and kinesthesis. Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp. 1959 Oct;105:173–200. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. PERL E. R., WHITLOCK D. G., GENTRY J. R. Cutaneous projection to second-order neurons of the dorsal column system. J Neurophysiol. 1962 May;25:337–358. doi: 10.1152/jn.1962.25.3.337. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. PERL E. R., WHITLOCK D. G. Somatic stimuli exciting spinothalamic projections to thalamic neurons in cat and monkey. Exp Neurol. 1961 Mar;3:256–296. doi: 10.1016/0014-4886(61)90016-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Petit D., Burgess P. R. Dorsal column projection of receptors in cat hairy skin supplied by myelinated fibers. J Neurophysiol. 1968 Nov;31(6):849–855. doi: 10.1152/jn.1968.31.6.849. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. WINTER D. L. N. GRACILIS OF CAT. FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION AND CORTICOFUGAL EFFECTS. J Neurophysiol. 1965 Jan;28:48–70. doi: 10.1152/jn.1965.28.1.48. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from The Journal of Physiology are provided here courtesy of The Physiological Society

RESOURCES