Neural Mechanisms Influencing Interlimb Coordination during Locomotion in Humans: Presynaptic Modulation of Forearm H-Reflexes during Leg Cycling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Nakajima, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Mezzarane, Rinaldo A ^b,c   Klarner, Taryn ^b,d   Barss, Trevor S ^b,d   Hundza, Sandra R ^b,d   Komiyama, Tomoyoshi ^e   Zehr, E Paul ^b,d  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; COORDINATION; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; RADIAL NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RADIAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885787506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076313     Document Type: Article

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