Excitability changes in human forearm corticospinal projections and spinal reflex pathways during rhythmic voluntary movement of the opposite limb

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 560, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 929-940

  Carson, Richard G ^a   Riek, S ^a   Mackey, D C ^a,b   Meichenbaum, D P ^a,b   Willms, K ^a,b   Forner, M ^a   Byblow, W D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAVEFORM; WRIST; CERVICOMEDULLARY JUNCTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 8844241461     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.069088     Document Type: Article

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