Subcortical control of precision grip after human spinal cord injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 7341-7350

  Bunday, Karen L ^a   Tazoe, Toshiki ^a   Rothwell, John C ^b   Perez, Monica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Corticospinal drive; Primary motor cortex; Spasticity; Spinal motoneurons; Voluntary drive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BACLOFEN; CORTICOSPINAL DRIVE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SPASTICITY; SPINAL MOTONEURONS; VOLUNTARY DRIVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACLOFEN; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84901002287     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0390-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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