Corticomotoneuronal postspike effects in shoulder, elbow, wrist, digit, and intrinsic hand muscles during a reach and prehension task

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1961-1980

  McKiernan, Brian J ^a   Marcario, Joanne K ^a   Karrer, Jennifer Hill ^a   Cheney, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACILITATION; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST;

EID: 0031739639     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1961     Document Type: Article

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