Suppression of cutaneous reflexes by a conditioning pulse during human walking

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-76

  Bastiaanse, C M ^a   Degen, S ^a   Baken, B C M ^a,b   Dietz, V ^c   Duysens, J ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conditioning stimulation; Gait; Prepulse; Sural nerve; Tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPINAL REFLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SKIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33646878557     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0305-6     Document Type: Article

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