Facilitation and inhibition of tibialis anterior responses to corticospinal stimulation after maximal voluntary contractions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1350-1356

  Giesebrecht, Sabine ^a   Martin, Peter G ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949687896     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00879.2009     Document Type: Article

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