The cutaneous silent period is mediated by spinal inhibitory reflex

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 467-472

  Logician, Eric L ^a,d   Plotkin, George M ^b   Shefner, Jeremy M ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous stimulation; H reflex; Motor neuron; Silent period; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0032914052     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199904)22:4<467::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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