Corticospinal input in human gait: Modulation of magnetically evoked motor responses

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 234-246

  Schubert, M ^a   Curt, A ^b   Jensen, L ^b   Dietz, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corticospinal input; Human gait; Leg flexor extensor muscle; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREADMILL;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030955763     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005693     Document Type: Article

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