The contribution of transcortical pathways to long-latency stretch and tactile reflexes in human hand muscles

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-154

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b   Rothwell, John C ^a   Day, Brian L ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Long loop reflexes; Motor control; Transcranial electrical stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX ARC; SKIN; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0029939287     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00242912     Document Type: Article

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