Modulation of the soleus H reflex by electrical subcortical stimuli in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-448

  Costa, João ^a,b   Guzmán, Jessica ^a   Valldeoriola, Francesc ^a,c   Rumià, Jordi ^a   Tolosa, Eduardo ^a,c   Casanova Molla, Jordi ^a   Valls Solé, Josep ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Interstimuli interval; Neural pathways; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 79960947732     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2750-8     Document Type: Article

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