Proposed cortical and sub-cortical contributions to the long-latency stretch reflex in the forearm

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-79

  Lewis, Gwyn N ^a   Polych, Melody A ^b   Byblow, Winston D ^b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ia Afferent; Stretch reflex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MAGNETISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FOREARM; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; WRIST;

EID: 2542440663     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1767-z     Document Type: Article

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