Excitability changes in primary motor cortex just prior to voluntary muscle relaxation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 110-115

  Suzuki, Tomotaka ^a,b   Sugawara, Kenichi ^a   Takagi, Mineko ^a   Higashi, Toshio ^b  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potential; Muscle relaxation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGER; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920876228     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00489.2014     Document Type: Article

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