Presynaptic inhibition compared with homosynaptic depression as an explanation for soleus H-reflex depression in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Kohn, André F ^a,b,c   Floeter, Mary Kay ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CNPq ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

H reflex depression; Homosynaptic depression; Human; Presynaptic inhibition; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0030929120     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005765     Document Type: Article

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