Delayed and prolonged effects of a near threshold EPSP on the firing time of human α-motoneurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 538, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 849-865

  Mattei, Benjamin ^a   Schmied, Annie ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPIKE WAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TENDON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TENDONS; WRIST;

EID: 0036487159     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012701     Document Type: Article

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