Properties of human peripheral nerves: Implications for studies of human motor control

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 1999, Pages 427-435

  Burke, D ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033371287     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62878-2     Document Type: Article

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