Activity-dependent changes in intrinsic excitability of human spinal motoneurones produced by natural activity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2473-2480

  Rossi, Alessandro ^a   Rossi, Simone ^a   Ginanneschi, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axon initial segment; F wave; Motor axons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; F WAVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84868319485     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00477.2012     Document Type: Article

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