Spinal and supraspinal stretch responses of postural muscles in early Parkinsonian patients

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 407-417

  Nardone, Antonio ^a,b   Pasetti, Carlo ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^a,c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Amedeo Avogadro University   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

De novo patients; EMG; Parkinson's disease; Postural perturbation; Spinal and supraspinal circuits; Tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 84864944451     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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