Cutaneous afferents mediating the cutaneous silent period in the upper limbs: Evidences for a role of low-threshold sensory fibres

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2007-2014

  Serrao, Mariano ^a   Parisi, Leoluca ^a   Pierelli, Francesco ^b   Rossi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central neural networks; Cutaneous silent period; Low threshold afferents

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN SENSATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARESTHESIA; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN;

EID: 0034773347     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(01)00675-7     Document Type: Article

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