Human muscle spindle sensitivity reflects the balance of activity between antagonistic muscles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 13644-13655

  Dimitriou, Michael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Afferent; Motor control; Muscle spindle; Proprioception; Reflex; Sense of agency

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RADIAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923461346     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2611-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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