Changes in transmission in the pathway of heteronymous spinal recurrent inhibition from soleus to quadriceps motor neurons during movement in man

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1757-1764

  Iles, J F ^a,b   Pardoe, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept Anat Sch Med Sci U   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Motor control; Recurrent inhibition; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECURRENT INHIBITION; REFLEX; RENSHAW CELL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032836132     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.9.1757     Document Type: Article

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