The effect of a prepulse stimulus on the EMG rebound following the cutaneous silent period

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 587-595

  Kumru, H ^a   Opisso, E ^a   Valls Sole J ^b   Kofler, Markus ^a  

^a University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS SILENT PERIOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL REFLEX; STARTLE REFLEX; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THENAR; THUMB ABDUCTION; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND MOVEMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 59649091212     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.164186     Document Type: Article

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