Synaptic connections from large afferents of wrist flexor and extensor muscles to synergistic motoneurones in man

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 351-358

  Chalmers, G R ^a,b   Bawa, P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Monosynaptic Ia pathway; Spinal cord; Spinal reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SYNAPSE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES; TENDONS; WRIST;

EID: 0030884243     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005762     Document Type: Article

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