The differential role of motor cortex in stretch reflex modulation induced by changes in environmental mechanics and verbal instruction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 42, 2009, Pages 13255-13263

  Shemmell, Jonathan ^a   Je, Hi An ^b   Perreault, Eric J ^a,c,d  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERBALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MECHANICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350339791     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0892-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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