Modulation of ongoing EMG by different classes of low-threshold mechanoreceptors in the human hand

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 537, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1021-1032

  McNulty, P A ^a,b   Macefield, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROELECTRODE; MODULATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SKIN NERVE; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGER; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND MUSCLE; MERKEL CELL; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PACINI CORPUSCLE; SKIN RECEPTOR; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; SKIN; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0035893913     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012664     Document Type: Article

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