Acquisition of a simple motor skill: Task-dependent adaptation plus long-term change in the human soleus H-reflex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5784-5792

  Thompson, Aiko K ^a   Xiang, Yang Chen ^a   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949087663     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4326-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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