The effect of posterior column lesions on servo responses from the human long thumb flexor

Brain

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 185-200

  Marsden, C D ^a,b,c   Merton, P A ^a,b,c   Morton, H B ^a,b,c   Adam, Jane ^a,b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c PHYSIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THUMB;

EID: 0017398909     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/100.1.185     Document Type: Article

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