Tendon tap induces a single long-lasting excitatory reflex in the motoneurons of human soleus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-173

  Türker, Kemal S ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Scutter, Sheila D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effective synaptic current; Human soleus motoneurons; Jerk reflex; Peristimulus frequencygram

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TENDON REFLEX; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030973084     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005678     Document Type: Article

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