Output of human motoneuron pools to corticospinal inputs during voluntary contractions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3512-3518

  Martin, P G ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a   Taylor, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; VOLITION;

EID: 33744908264     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01230.2005     Document Type: Article

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