Age-related impaired reflex sensitivity in a human hand muscle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2701-2706

  Corden, D M ^a,b   Lippold, O C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029910648     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2701     Document Type: Article

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