Evidence suggesting a transcortical pathway from cutaneous foot afferents to tibialis anterior motoneurones in man

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 501, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 473-484

  Nielsen, J ^a   Petersen, N ^b   Fedirchuk, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOOT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERONEAL NERVE; SKIN; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0030976473     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.473bn.x     Document Type: Article

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