Measuring the motor output of the pontomedullary reticular formation in the monkey: Do stimulus-triggered averaging and stimulus trains produce comparable results in the upper limbs?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-283

  Herbert, Wendy J ^a   Davidson, Adam G ^b   Buford, John A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Electromyography; Macaque; Reaching; Reticulospinal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MACACA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SCAPULA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHOULDER; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WRIST;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETICULAR FORMATION; SHOULDER; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77954425182     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2231-5     Document Type: Article

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