Group II excitations from plantar foot muscles to human leg and thigh motoneurones

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 486-501

  Marque, P ^a   Nicolas, G ^b   Simonetta Moreau, M ^a   Pierrot Deseilligny, E ^b   Marchand Pauvert, V ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Human; Muscle group II afferents; Spinal pathways

Indexed keywords

TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 2; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATION; FACILITATION; FOOT; HISTOGRAM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; LEG MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKIN NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; THIGH; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIME;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; THIGH;

EID: 15244351743     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2096-6     Document Type: Article

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