Effects of electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve on background electromyography and static stretch reflex activity of the trunk muscles in rats: Possible implications of neuronal mechanisms in the development of sciatic scoliosis

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Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 602-609

  Hirayama, Jiro ^a   Takahashi, Yuzuru ^a   Nakajima, Yoshio ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Yamagata, Masatsune ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Muscle spasm; NMDA receptor; Sciatic scoliosis; Stretch reflex; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCOLIOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFLEX, STRETCH; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATICA; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0035868673     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200103150-00009     Document Type: Article

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