Evidence for excitation of the human lower limb motoneurones by group II muscle afferents

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 357-360

  Marque, P ^a   Pierrot Deseilligny, E ^b   Simonetta Moreau, M ^a  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Group II excitation; Man; Spinal reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FACILITATION; HISTOGRAM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0029876787     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00231793     Document Type: Article

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