Contributors

Introduction

A. Lundberg

I Basic Mechanisms of Presynaptic Control

1 Anatomical Basis for Presynaptic Inhabition of Primary Sensory Fibers

F. J. Alvarez

2 Chloride Transport, Osmotic Balance, and Presynaptic Inhibition

F. J. Alvarez-Leefmans

A. Nani

S. Marquez

3 Mechanisms and Physiological Implications of Receptor-Mediated Inhibition of Voltage-Dependent Ca(2+) Channels

K. Dunlap

4 Presynaptic Inhibition and Facilitation of Transmitter Release in the Hippocampus

S. M. Thompson

M. Capogna

M. Scanziani

5 Primary Afferent Depolarization and Presynaptic Inhibition

L. Vyklicky

H. Knotkova-Urbancova

6 Control of Action Potential Invasion into Terminal Arborizations

H. R. Luscher

7 Action Potential Propagation Along Primary Afferents and Presynaptic Inhibition in Clarke's Column of the Spinal Cord

B. Walmsley

M. J. Nicol

8 Two Types of Inhibition in the Spinal Cord

D. R. Curtis

9 The Relative Contributions of GABA(A) and GABA(B) Receptors to Presynaptic Inhibition of Group Ia EPSPs

S. J. Redman

10 Modulation of Transmitter Release From Ia Afferents by Their Preceding Activity--a "Postactivation Depression"

H. Hultborn

J. Nielsen

11 Presynaptic Inhibition in Crayfish Primary Afferents

D. Cattaert

F. Clarac

12 Regulation of Primary Eighth-Nerve Synapses on the Mauthner Cell

D. S. Faber

A. Pereda

13 Some Unanswered Questions About the Mechanisms and Function of Presynaptic Inhibition

P. D. Wall

II Presynaptic Control of Segmental Inputs

14 Presynaptic Inhibition and the Anatomy of Group Ia Afferents

R. E. Burke

15 Ia Fiber Architecture: Implications for the Functional Role of Presynaptic Inhibition

L. M. Mendell

16 Dynamic Aspects of Presynaptic Function in the Developing Mammalian Spinal Cord

A. Lev-Tov

17 Selectivity of the Presynaptic Control of Synaptic Effectiveness of Group I Afferents in the Mammalian Spinal Cord

P. Rudomin

I. Jimenez

J. Quevedo

18 Presynaptic Inhibition Can Act as a Filter of Input from Tendon Organs During Muscle Contraction

D. Zynicki

L. Jami

19 Neuronal Systems Involved in Modulating Synaptic Transmission From Group II Muscle Afferents

E. Jankowska

J. S. Riddell

20 Presynaptic Inhibition of Synaptic Transmission from Sensory, Interneuronal, and Supraspinal Neurons to Spinal Target Cells in Lamprey

A. El Manira

D. Parker

P. Krieger

M. Wikstrom

S. Grillner

III Contribution of Presynaptic Control Mechanisms to Sensory and Motor Functions

21 Differential Control of Presynaptic Inhibition of Ia Terminals During Voluntary Movement in Humans

E. Pierrot-Deseilligny

S. Meunier

22 PAD and Modulation of Group II Evoked Flexion Reflexes During MLR Evoked Fictive Locomotion

D. McCrea

M. C. Perreault

23 Presynaptic Mechanisms During Locomotion

S. Rossignol

I. Beloozerova

J. P. Gossard

R. Dubuc

24 Modulation of Excitatory Perineal Reflexes and Sacral Striated Sphincter Motoneurons During Micturition in the Cat

S. J. Shefchyk

25 A Contribution of Dorsal Root Reflexes to Peripheral Inflammation

W. D. Willis Jr.

K. A. Sluka

H. Rees

K. N. Westlund

26 Modulation of Nociceptive Information at the Presynaptic Terminals of Primary Afferent Fibers

R. F. Schmidt

H.-G. Schaible

Index