Comparison of neural responses in primary motor cortex to transient and continuous loads during posture

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-163

  Herter, Troy M ^a   Korbel, Tereza ^a   Scott, Stephen H ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR REFLEX; KINEMATICS; MALE; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELBOW; HAND; JOINTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHOULDER;

EID: 58849107245     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90230.2008     Document Type: Article

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