Modulation of triceps surae H-reflexes as a function of the reflex activation history during standing and stepping

Brain Research

Volumn 858, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 274-283

  Trimble, Mark H ^a   Du, Pei Fang ^a   Brunt, Denis ^a   Thompson, Floyd J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Homosynaptic depression; Presynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; POSTURE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034628975     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)01956-9     Document Type: Article

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