Sensitivity of H-reflexes and stretch reflexes to presynaptic inhibition in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 610-620

  Morita, H ^a,d   Petersen, N ^b   Christensen, L O D ^b   Sinkjaer T ^c   Nielsen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031839543     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.2.610     Document Type: Article

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