Compound group I excitatory input is differentially distributed to human soleus motoneurons

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2192-2199

  Binboĝa, Erdal ^a   Türker, Kemal S ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

H reflex; Human motor unit; Recruitment threshold; Size principle; Soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 84867014786     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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