Rest-induced suppression of anterior horn cell excitability as measured by F waves: Comparison between volitionally inactivated and control muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-349

  Taniguchi, Shoichi ^a   Kimura, Jun ^b   Yanagisawa, Toshiyuki ^c   Okada, Fumiaki ^d   Yamada, Thoru ^b   Taniguchi, Shinichirou ^e   Ootsuka, Takanobu ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior horn cells; Central drive; F wave; Motor neuron excitability; Muscle relaxation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; F WAVE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39749174623     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20936     Document Type: Article

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