Nonlinear Connectivity in the Human Stretch Reflex Assessed by Cross-Frequency Phase Coupling

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Yang, Yuan ^a   Solis Escalante, Teodoro ^a   Yao, Jun ^b   Van Der Helm, Frans C T ^a,b   Dewald, Julius P A ^a,b,c   Schouten, Alfred C ^a,b,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG; EMG; nonlinear connectivity; sensorimotor system; Stretch reflex; time delay

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; NEURONS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME DELAY;

MECHANICAL PERTURBATIONS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; NEURONAL POPULATIONS; NEURONAL SYNCHRONIZATION; NONLINEAR CONNECTIVITY; SENSORIMOTOR SYSTEMS; SOURCE LOCALIZATION; STRETCH REFLEX;

BRAIN;

ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE TRACT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTOR; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

ARTIFACTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; REFLEX, STRETCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989953782     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: 17936462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S012906571650043X     Document Type: Article

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