The 'size principle' and synaptic effectiveness of muscle afferent projections to human extensor carpi radialis motoneurones during wrist extension

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-229

  Schmied, A ^a   Morin, D ^a,b   Vedel, J P ^a   Pagni, S ^a  

^a UPR CNRS Neurobiologie Mouvements   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Humans; Motor units; Muscle spindle; Size principle; Wrist extensor muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SYNAPSE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; WRIST;

EID: 0031051212     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02450320     Document Type: Article

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