Tremor in Parkinson's disease patients can be induced by uncontrolled activation and uninhibited synchronization of α 2-motoneuron firing to which α 1-motoneuron firing synchronizes

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 393-406

  Schalow, Giselher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EMG; Inhibition; Oscillatory firing; Parkinson disease; Synchronization; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAMMA MOTONEURON; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TREMOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREMOR;

EID: 30344438814     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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