Differential modulation of spinal and corticospinal excitability during drop jumps

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1243-1252

  Taube, Wolfgang ^a   Leukel, Christian ^a   Schubert, Martin ^b   Gruber, Markus ^a,c   Rantalainen, Timo ^c   Gollhofer, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 40949122712     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01118.2007     Document Type: Article

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