Silent period in upper limb muscles after noxious cutaneous stimulation in man

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Inghilleri, M ^a   Cruccu, G ^a   Argenta, M ^a   Polidori, L ^a   Manfredi, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

cutaneous afferents; electromyography; motoneuron excitability; nociceptive afferents; silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

EID: 0030943066     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)96579-6     Document Type: Article

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