Effects of combined cortical and acoustic stimuli on muscle activity

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Fisher, R J ^a   Sharott, A ^a   Kuhn A A ^a,b   Brown, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG; Reticulo cortical; Reticulo spinal; Startle; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 3142659655     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1809-6     Document Type: Article

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