Modulation of non-monosynaptic excitation from ankle dorsiflexor afferents to quadriceps motoneurones during human walking

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 538, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 647-657

  Marchand Pauvert, V ^a,b   Nielsen, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKIN NERVE; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANKLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERONEAL NERVE; REACTION TIME; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSES; THIGH; WALKING;

EID: 0037082220     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012675     Document Type: Article

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