Responses of Human Motoneurons to Corticospinal Stimulation during Maximal Voluntary Contractions and Ischemia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 10224-10230

  Butler, Jane E ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticospinal; Fatigue; Group III and IV muscle afferents; Human; Ischemia; Motoneuron (motor neuron)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

EID: 0344393058     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-32-10224.2003     Document Type: Article

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