Load compensation tasks evoke tremor in cerebellar patients: The possible role of long latency stretch reflexes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 99-102

  Richard, Isabelle ^a   Guglielmi, Michel ^b   Boisliveau, Robert ^b   Perrouin Verbe, Brigitte ^a   Mauduyt De La Grève, Isabelle ^a   Bioulac, Bernard ^c   Guiheneuc, Pierre ^d   Mathé, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Human; Hypermetria; Load compensation; Long latency responses; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETROPIA; MYOTATIC REFLEX; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; SYNDROME; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0030774373     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00681-2     Document Type: Article

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