Long latency response in soleus muscle evoked by magnetic stimulation at the foramen magnum

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2779-2782

  Sakihara, K ^a   Yorifuji, S ^a   Ihara, A ^b   Koreeda, S ^a   Sakagami, A ^a   Ogino, S ^a   Hirata, M ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foramen magnum; Late response; Long loop reflex; Magnetic stimulation; Soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE ROOT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIA;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 11244274235     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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