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| Title |
Testing the excitability of human motoneurons
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00152 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Chris J. McNeil, Jane E. Butler, Janet L. Taylor, Simon C. Gandevia |
| Abstract |
The responsiveness of the human central nervous system can change profoundly with exercise, injury, disuse, or disease. Changes occur at both cortical and spinal levels but in most cases excitability of the motoneuron pool must be assessed to localize accurately the site of adaptation. Hence, it is critical to understand, and employ correctly, the methods to test motoneuron excitability in humans. Several techniques exist and each has its advantages and disadvantages. This review examines the most common techniques that use evoked compound muscle action potentials to test the excitability of the motoneuron pool and describes the merits and limitations of each. The techniques discussed are the H-reflex, F-wave, tendon jerk, V-wave, cervicomedullary motor evoked potential (CMEP), and motor evoked potential (MEP). A number of limitations with these techniques are presented. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 25% |
| Sweden | 1 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 3 | 75% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 319 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 305 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 53 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 53 | 17% |
| Researcher | 44 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 60 | 19% |
| Unknown | 66 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 66 | 21% |
| Sports and Recreations | 62 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 11% |
| Engineering | 20 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 6% |
| Other | 37 | 12% |
| Unknown | 80 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 June 2021.
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