Cortical entrainment of human hypoglossal motor unit activities

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 493-499

  Laine, Christopher M ^a   Nickerson, Laura A ^b   Bailey, E Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticomuscular coherence; Hypoglossal motor nucleus; Phase locking

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TONGUE;

EID: 84255182462     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00769.2011     Document Type: Article

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