Mechanisms underlying spinal motor neuron excitability during the cutaneous silent period in humans

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1256-1264

  Manconi, Francesco M ^a   Syed, Nadir A ^a   Floeter, Mary Kay ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous stimulation; H reflexes; Inhibition; Spinal cord interneurons; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031782580     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1256::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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