Is the long-latency stretch reflex in human masseter transcortical?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 465-472

  Pearce, Sophie L ^a   Miles, Timothy S ^a   Thompson, Philip D ^a   Nordstrom, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticobulbar; Masticatory; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0038389791     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1467-8     Document Type: Article

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