Motor unit excitability changes mediating vestibulocollic reflexes in the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2567-2573

  Colebatch, J G ^a   Rothwell, J C ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motor unit firing; Vestibular apparatus; Vestibulocollic reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 4644220743     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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