Mechanical and focal electrical stimuli applied to the skin of the index fingertip induce both inhibition and excitation in low-threshold flexor carpi radialismotor units

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2204-2210

  Lourenço, George ^a,b   Caronni, Antonio ^a   Cavallari, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Circuitry; Cutaneous; Human; Sensory motor integration; Spinal reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; HAND MUSCLE; HISTOGRAM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN; SKIN NERVE; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TIME;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SKIN;

EID: 35448961606     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05834.x     Document Type: Article

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