Ethanol reduces motoneuronal excitability and increases presynaptic inhibition of Ia afferents in the human spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 1173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-83

  von Dincklage, Falk ^a   Benzke, Michael ^a   Rehberg, Benno ^a   Baars, Jan Harald ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethanol; H reflex; Motor control; Presynaptic inhibition; Spinal cord; Spinal excitability

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERONEAL NERVE; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548829142     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.07.052     Document Type: Article

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