The effect of firing on the excitability of a model motoneurone and its implications for cortical stimulation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 518, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 867-882

  Matthews, Peter B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FIRING RATE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 0033179530     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0867p.x     Document Type: Article

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