Modulation of H-reflex excitability by tetanic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 858-861

  Kitago, Tomoko ^a   Mazzocchio, Riccardo ^a,b   Liuzzi, Gianpiero ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

H reflex; Locomotor; Plasticity; Somatosensory evoked potential; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETICS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 1442348162     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2003.11.029     Document Type: Article

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