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In addition to its action on hindlimb α motoneurons, the same reticular region produces monosynaptic EPSPs in 7 motoneurons supplying the same muscle groups (Grillner et al, 1969). Reticular action tends, therefore, to produce coactivation of α and y motoneurons. In addition to monosynaptic excitation, stimulation of the reticular formation produces later, polysynaptic EPSPs with a distribution similar to that of the monosynaptic EPSPs (see Fig. 5). Reticular-evoked inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) tend, however, to be especially prevalent in motoneurons innervating extensors of the knee and ankle, a population that receives little reticulospinal excitation (Llinas and Terzuolo, 1964, 1965; Jankowska et al, 1968; Grillner et al, 1971; Peterson et al, 1979).