On the role of recurrent inhibitory feedback in motor control

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 517-587

  Windhorst, U ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Cyprus Neurosci and Technol Inst   (Cyprus)

^d Department of Physiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INHIBITION; REVIEW; TREMOR;

EID: 0030221483     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(96)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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