Direct corticospinal pathways contribute to neuromuscular control of perturbed stance

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 420-429

  Taube, Wolfgang ^a   Schubert, Martin ^a   Gruber, Markus ^a   Beck, Sandra ^a   Faist, Michael ^a   Gollhofer, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

H reflex; Posture; Soleus; Transcortical reflex loop; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STANDING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33746769428     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01447.2005     Document Type: Article

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