Modulation of human cervical premotoneurons during bilateral voluntary contraction of upper-limb muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 506-514

  Stinear, James W ^a,b   Byblow, Winston D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral movement; C3 4 propriospinal system; Cervical premotoneurons; Motor control; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARM; CERVICAL PLEXUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 1842425570     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20003     Document Type: Article

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