Modulation of brachioradialis motoneuron excitabilities by group I fibers of the median nerve in humans

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-131

  Miyasaka, Takuji ^a,b   Naito, Akira ^c,f   Shindo, Masaomi ^d   Kobayashi, Shinji ^c   Hayashi, Masahiro ^e   Shinozaki, Katsuhiro ^c   Chishima, Makoto ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Shinshu Ueda Medical Center   (Japan)

^e Okitama Sogo Hospital   (Japan)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachioradialis; Humans; Median nerve; Monosynaptic facilitation; Oligosynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABILITY; RADIAL NERVE; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TENDON; TIME; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447545532     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.212.115     Document Type: Article

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