Reflex stimulation of continuously oscillatory firing α and γ-motoneurons in patients with spinal cord lesion

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 75-93

  Schalow, G ^a   Zach G A ^a  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLADDER; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; OSCILLOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL ROOT; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANAL CANAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE FIBERS; OSCILLOMETRY; REFLEX; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0030203330     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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