The posture-related interaction between Ia-afferent and descending input on the spinal reflex excitability in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-306

  Bove, Marco ^a   Trompetto, Carlo ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles' tendon vibration; H reflex; Post activation depression; Posture; Presynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL REFLEX; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE; VIBRATION;

EID: 33644990472     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.049     Document Type: Article

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