Preparation and performance of obstacle steps: Interaction between brain and spinal neuronal activity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-348

  Haefeli, Jenny ^a   Vögeli, Stefanie ^a,b   Michel, Jan ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain activity; EEG; Locomotion; Motor performance; Obstacle stepping; Spinal neuronal activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FRONTAL GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTACLE SWING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPINAL REFLEX; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREADMILL; VISION; WALKING;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651447824     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07494.x     Document Type: Article

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