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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2016

Short-latency afferent inhibition determined by the sensory afferent volley.

Aaron Z Bailey, Michael J Asmussen, Aimee J Nelson

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aaron Z BaileyDepartment of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Michael J AsmussenDepartment of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Aimee J NelsonDepartment of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada nelsonaj@mcmaster.ca.
McMaster University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Short-latency afferent inhibition (SAI) is characterized by the suppression of the transcranial magnetic stimulation motor evoked potential (MEP) by the cortical arrival of a somatosensory afferent volley. It remains unknown whether the magnitude of SAI reflects changes in the sensory afferent volley, similar to that observed for somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs). The present study investigated stimulus-response relationships between sensory nerve action potentials (SNAPs), SAI, and SEPs and their interrelatedness. Experiment 1 (n = 23, age 23 ± 1.5 yr) investigated the stimulus-response profile for SEPs and SAI in the flexor carpi radialis muscle after stimulation of the mixed median nerve at the wrist using ∼25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the maximum SNAP and at 1.2× and 2.4× motor threshold (the latter equated to 100% of the maximum SNAP). Experiment 2 (n = 20, age 23.1 ± 2 yr) probed SEPs and SAI stimulus-response relationships after stimulation of the cutaneous digital nerve at ∼25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the maximum SNAP recorded at the elbow. Results indicate that, for both nerve types, SAI magnitude is dependent on the volume of the sensory afferent volley and ceases to increase once all afferent fibers within the nerve are recruited. Furthermore, for both nerve types, the magnitudes of SAI and SEPs are related such that an increase in excitation within somatosensory cortex is associated with an increase in the magnitude of afferent-induced MEP inhibition.

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AdultAfferent PathwaysElectric StimulationElectromyographyEvoked Potentials, MotorEvoked Potentials, SomatosensoryFemaleHumansMaleMedian NerveMotor CortexMuscle, SkeletalNeural InhibitionReaction TimeStatistics, NonparametricTranscranial Magnetic Stimulationafferent volleyrecruitment curvesensory nerve action potentialshort-latency afferent inhibitionsomatosensory evoked potentialsTMS

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PMID27226451
PMCPMC4982902
OpenAlexW2406216908

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