Neural mechanisms underlying spasticity

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1399-1408

  Nagaoka, Masanori ^a   Kakuda, Naoyuki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma innervation; Human; Muscle spindle; Spasticity; Spinal mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS, GAMMA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 57749187854     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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