Evident difference in the excitability of the motoneuron pool between normal subjects and patients with spasticity assessed by a new method using H-reflex and M-response

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-130

  Funase, Kozo ^a   Higashi, Toshio ^a   Yoshimura, Toshiro ^a   Imanaka, Kuniyasu ^b   Nishihira, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

H reflex; M response; Motoneuron excitability; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0030029597     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12284-2     Document Type: Article

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