On the potential role of the corticospinal tract in the control and progressive adaptation of the soleus H-reflex during backward walking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1133-1142

  Ung, Roth Visal ^a   Imbeault, Marie Andrée ^a   Ethier, Christian ^a   Brizzi, Laurent ^a   Capaday, Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREADMILL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 23044492690     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00181.2005     Document Type: Article

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