Evidence for cutaneous and corticospinal modulation of presynaptic inhibition of Ia afferents from the human lower limb

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 491, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 197-207

  Iles, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030021087     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021207     Document Type: Article

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