Spinal cord maps of spatiotemporal alpha-motoneuron activation in humans walking at different speeds

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 602-618

  Ivanenko, Y P ^a   Poppele, R E ^b   Lacquaniti, F ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; WALKING SPEED; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GAIT; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SPINAL CORD; WALKING;

EID: 33644850219     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00767.2005     Document Type: Article

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