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17515796

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
We previously demonstrated that late electromyographic responses with a latency of 100 ms were evoked bilaterally in soleus muscles following transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left cerebellum. Efferent fibers from the left cerebellum modulate vestibulospinal tract influences on the extensor muscles of the left hindlimb. Here, we investigated whether the vestibulospinal tract mediates this late response. We activated the vestibulospinal tract by optokinetic stimulation. Our results show that the latency of the soleus electromyographic response is shortened by optokinetic stimulation, but the latency of the motor response evoked by the corticospinal tract is unchanged. These findings support our hypothesis that vestibulospinal tracts mediate late electromyographic responses, and allow the development of techniques to assess the human vestibulospinal system function.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
891-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Late response evoked by cerebellar stimuli: effect of optokinetic stimulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan. sakihara@rehab.go.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article