Excitatory synaptic potentials in spastic human motoneurons have a short rise-time

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-103

  Suresh, Nina L ^a   Ellis, Michael D ^a,b   Moore, Jennifer ^a   Heckman, Heather ^a   Rymer, William Zev ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory postsynaptic potential; Hemiparetic stroke; Peristimulus time histogram; Single motor units; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PARESIS; TENDONS;

EID: 21444435344     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20318     Document Type: Article

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