Human proprioceptive adaptations during states of height-induced fear and anxiety

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3082-3090

  Davis, Justin R ^a   Horslen, Brian C ^a   Nishikawa, Kei ^a   Fukushima, Katie ^a   Chua, Romeo ^a   Inglis, J Timothy ^a   Carpenter, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Emotion; Posturography; Somatosensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STABILOGRAPHY; THREAT; TIBIAL NERVE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFLEX; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055179246     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01030.2010     Document Type: Article

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