Reduction of intracortical inhibition in soleus muscle during postural activity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1711-1717

  Soto, Oscar ^a   Valls Solé, Josep ^a   Shanahan, Paul ^b   Rothwell, John ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMETRIA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; POSTURE; REST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33749514824     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00133.2006     Document Type: Article

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