The phase difference between neural drives to antagonist muscles in essential tremor is associated with the relative strength of supraspinal and afferent input

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 8925-8937

  Gallego, Juan A ^a,b   Dideriksen, Jakob L ^c,d   Holobar, Ales ^e   Ibáñez, Jaime ^f   Glaser, Vojko ^e   Romero, Juan P ^g,h   Benito León, Julián ^g,i   Pons, José L ^f   Rocon, Eduardo ^a,j   Farina, Dario ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^f INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

EMG; Essential tremor; Ia afferents; Motoneuron; Motor unit; Tremor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTAGONIST MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84930920536     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0106-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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