The time-course of preparatory spinal and cortico-spinal inhibition: An H-reflex and transcranial magnetic stimulation study in man

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-41

  Hasbroucq, Thierry ^a   Kaneko, Hidekazu ^b   Akamatsu, Motoyuki ^b   Possamaï, Camille Aimé ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortico spinal tract; Motor preparation; Presynaptic inhibition; Reaction time; Thenar muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0033002672     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050597     Document Type: Article

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