Role of brainstem-spinal projections in voluntary movement

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Rothwell, J C ^a   MacKinnon, C D ^a   Valls Sole J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonistic burst; Brainstem; Bulbospinal pathway; Startle EMG responses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

BRAIN STEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; STARTLE REACTION; WRIST;

EID: 0036924851     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10054     Document Type: Article

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