Evidence suggesting that a transcortical reflex pathway contributes to cutaneous reflexes in the tibialis anterior muscle during walking in man

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-68

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long latency reflexes; Magnetic brain stimulation; Sensory feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SURAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SKIN; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0033002307     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050600     Document Type: Article

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