Contribution of a Ia muscle afferent activation to the rise of H reflexes and somatosensory evoked potentials in man

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-117

  Drews, H ^a   Gerilovsky, L ^b   Studer, L M ^a   Ruegg, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Group I muscle afferents; H reflex; Postactivation depression; Presynaptic inhibition; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0031928824     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870835     Document Type: Article

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