Task-specific depression of the soleus H-reflex after cocontraction training of antagonistic ankle muscles

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3677-3687

  Perez, Monica A ^a   Lundbye Jensen, Jesper ^a   Nielsen, Jens B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANKLE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 37549061046     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00988.2007     Document Type: Article

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