Enhanced propriospinal excitation from hand muscles to wrist flexors during reach-to-grasp in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 532-543

  Giboin, Louis Solal ^a   Lackmy Vallée, Alexandra ^a   Burke, David ^b   Marchand Pauvert, Véronique ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Propriospinal neurons; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 84855414404     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00774.2011     Document Type: Article

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