Role of afferent input in motor organization in health and disease

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-44

  Rothwell, John C ^a,b,c,d   Rosenkranz, Karin ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f Inst for Performing Arts Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; LONG INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY CORTEX; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRAINING; VIBRATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 13244260774     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2005.1384099     Document Type: Review

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