Perception of non-voluntary brief contractions in normal subjects and in a deafferented patient

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-179

  Nicolas, G ^a   Marchand Pauvert, V ^a   Lasserre, V ^b,c   Guihenneuc Jovyaux, C ^c,d   Pierrot Deseilligny, E ^a   Jami, L ^e  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Faculté de Pharmacie ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Efference copy; Golgi tendon organs; Group III afferents; Muscle force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER; FORCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SCALE UP; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSATION; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 14644389405     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2056-1     Document Type: Article

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