The effect of electrical stimulation of the corticospinal tract on motor units of the human biceps brachii

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 277-284

  Petersen, Nicolas T ^a,b   Taylor, Janet L ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036795487     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.024539     Document Type: Article

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