Hysteresis in corticospinal excitability during gradual muscle contraction and relaxation in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-132

  Kimura, Toshitaka ^a   Yamanaka, Kentaro ^a   Nozaki, Daichi ^b   Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^b   Miyoshi, Tasuku ^b   Akai, Masami ^b   Ohtsuki, Tatsuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Department of Motor Dysfunction   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticospinal excitability; Gradual muscle contraction; Gradual muscle relaxation; Hysteresis; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TORQUE;

EID: 0041911348     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1518-1     Document Type: Article

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