Evidence that a transcortical pathway contributes to stretch reflexes in the tibialis anterior muscle in man

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 267-276

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HISTOGRAM; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANKLE JOINT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETICS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0032190639     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.267bf.x     Document Type: Article

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