Cutaneous afferent input does not modulate motor intracortical inhibition in ageing men

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1461-1469

  Smith, Ashleigh E ^a   Ridding, Michael C ^a   Higgins, Ryan D ^a   Wittert, Gary A ^b   Pitcher, Julia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Sensorimotor integration; Short interval intracortical inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY NERVE; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055072797     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07869.x     Document Type: Article

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