Pharmacologically induced enhancement of recurrent inhibition in humans: Effects on motoneurone discharge patterns

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 548, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 615-629

  Mattei, Benjamin ^a   Schmied, Annie ^a   Mazzocchio, Riccardo ^b   Decchi, Barbara ^b   Rossi, Alessandro ^b   Vedel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS INPC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVACECARNINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INHIBITION; RENSHAW CELL; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037731342     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.033126     Document Type: Article

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