Approximate entropy of motoneuron firing patterns during a motor preparation task

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-235

  Duclos, Yann ^a   Burnet, Henri ^a   Schmied, Annie ^a   Rossi Durand, Christiane ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Approximate entropy; Humans; Inter spike interval; Reaction time task; Single motor unit; Wrist extensor muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46249114879     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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