01400nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245007800055210006900133260001200202300001400214490000700228520067600235653002200911653001300933653001300946653001100959653002500970653001500995653003501010653001801045100002101063700001501084856004701099       1988                        eng d  a0013-469400aOperant conditioning of primate spinal reflexes: effect on cortical SEPs.0 aOperant conditioning of primate spinal reflexes effect on cortic  c04/1988  a398–4010 v693 aPrevious studies have demonstrated operant conditioning of the primate spinal stretch reflex (SSR) and of its electrical analog, the H-reflex. We studied the evoked potential recorded over primary somatosensory cortex (SEP) which accompanies the H-reflex to determine whether the initial cortical response changes in the course of conditioned H-reflex change. When H-reflex amplitude changed, SEP amplitude also changed, but only half as much as the H-reflex. The results indicate that, while operant conditioning of the H-reflex has its largest effect on the spinal pathway of the reflex, it also has some effect on supraspinal pathways of the initial cortical response.10acortical response10aH-Reflex10aLearning10aMemory10aoperant conditioning10aplasticity10asomatosensory evoked potential10aspinal reflex1 aWolpaw, Jonathan1 aDowman, R.  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/245073901345nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245011800055210006900173260001200242300001400254490000700268520062900275653001900904653001200923653002500935653003500960653001800995653001901013100002101032700001501053856004701068       1988                        eng d  a0013-469400aSpinal stretch reflex and cortical evoked potential amplitudes versus muscle stretch amplitude in the monkey arm.0 aSpinal stretch reflex and cortical evoked potential amplitudes v  c04/1988  a394–3970 v693 aWhile investigating operant conditioning of the primate spinal stretch reflex (SSR), we studied SSR amplitude and cortical somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) amplitude as stretch amplitude changed in the monkey arm. Initial muscle length and background EMG activity remained constant. With change in stretch amplitude (and proportional change in stretch velocity and acceleration), changes in SSR and SEP amplitudes were respectively 0.75 and 0.66 as great. The lesser change in SSR amplitude may reflect saturation of Ia afferents, while that in SEP amplitude may also reflect participation of other peripheral receptors.10amuscle stretch10aprimate10aSomatosensory Cortex10asomatosensory evoked potential10aspinal reflex10astretch reflex1 aWolpaw, Jonathan1 aDowman, R.  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2450738