Spindle and motoneuronal contributions to the phase advance of the human stretch reflex and the reduction of tremor

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 498, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 249-275

  Matthews, Peter B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TREMOR;

EID: 0031035198     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021856     Document Type: Article

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