Does abnormal branching of inputs to motor neurones explain abnormal muscle cocontraction in cerebral palsy?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 465-472

  Gibbs, John ^a,c   Harrison, Linda M ^a   Stephens, John A ^a   Evans, Andrew L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SYNAPSE; THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THUMB;

EID: 0033061895     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299001012     Document Type: Article

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