Impact of precision grip tasks on cervical spinal network excitability in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3545-3558

  Roche, N ^a,b   Bussel, B ^b   Maier, M A ^c,d   Katz, R ^a   Lindberg, P ^c,d,e  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; HAND MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECISION GRIP; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOSOME; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; H-REFLEX; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WRIST; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960367446     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.206268     Document Type: Article

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