Responses of human soleus motor units to low-threshold stimulation of the tibial nerve

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-86

  Binboğa, Erdal ^a   Prasartwuth, Orawan ^b   Pehlivan, Murat ^a   Türker, Kemal S ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Golgi tendon organ; H reflex; Peristimulus frequencygram; Peristimulus time histogram; Silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG LASTING IN DISCHARGE RATE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTIMULUS FREQUENCYGRAM; PERISTIMULUS TIME HISTOGRAM; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIMARY SILENT PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ENHANCEMENT IN FIRING PROBABILITY; SECONDARY SILENT PERIOD; SOLEUS MOTORNEURON; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TENDON RECEPTOR; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 79960963658     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2779-8     Document Type: Article

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