Changes in the estimated time course of the motoneuron afterhyperpolarization induced by tendon vibration

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3240-3249

  MacDonell, Christopher W ^a   Ivanova, Tanya D ^b   Garland, S Jayne ^b,c,d  

^a Graduate Program in Neuroscience   (Canada)

^b School of Physical Therapy   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIME; VIBRATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650912404     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00941.2009     Document Type: Article

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