Circuits generating corticomuscular coherence investigated using a biophysically based computational model. I. Descending systems

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-41

  Williams, Elizabeth R ^a   Baker, Stuart N ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 58849108637     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90362.2008     Document Type: Article

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