Effect of chemically activated fine muscle afferents on spinal recurrent inhibition in humans

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-287

  Rossi, A ^a   Mazzocchio, R ^a   Decchi, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Ist di Riabilitazione F L   (Italy)

Author keywords

Group III IV afferent; Muscle pain; Recurrent inhibition; Spinal reflex

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYALGIA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INHIBITION; RENSHAW CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037305133     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00334-6     Document Type: Article

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