Periodic modulation of repetitively elicited monosynaptic reflexes of the human lumbosacral spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 400-410

  Hofstoetter, Ursula S ^a   Danner, Simon M ^a,b   Freundl, Brigitta ^c   Binder, Heinrich ^c   Mayr, Winfried ^a   Rattay, Frank ^b   Minassian, Karen ^a  

^a Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Optical Imaging and its Translation to Medicine   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human; Repetitive nerve stimulation; Rhythm generation; Spinal cord stimulation; Spinal reflexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPH ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937677587     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00136.2015     Document Type: Article

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