Selective enhancement of motoneurone short-term synchrony during an attention-demanding task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-390

  Schmied, Annie ^a   Pagni, Simone ^a   Sturm, Hendrick ^a   Vedel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Human; Motor unit; Synchronization; Visual force feedback; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033927106     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000421     Document Type: Article

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