Modulation of soleus H reflex by spinal DC stimulation in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 906-914

  Lamy, Jean Charles ^a   Ho, Chris ^a   Badel, Anne ^b   Arrigo, Robert T ^a   Boakye, Maxwell ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

H reflex; Humans; Spinal DC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCUTANEOUS SPINAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865634713     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.10898.2011     Document Type: Article

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