Changes in spinal reflex excitability associated with motor sequence learning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2675-2683

  Lungu, Ovidiu ^a,e   Frigon, Alain ^b,f   Piché, Mathieu ^g   Rainville, Pierre ^c,f   Rossignol, Serge ^b,e,f   Doyon, Julien ^a,d,e  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c Faculté de Médecine Dentaire   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^f Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIAL NERVE; SPINAL REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77953017283     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00006.2010     Document Type: Article

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