The volitional unit: A functional concept in cortico-motoneuronal connections in humans

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 365-369

  Jabre, J F ^a   Salzsieder, B T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor unit; Size principle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; EFFECTOR CELL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; VOLITION;

EID: 0030768080     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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