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. 1973 Dec;36(6):1003–1010. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.36.6.1003

The contingent negative variation and the excitability of the spinal monosynaptic reflex

D Papakostopoulos 1,1, Ray Cooper 1
PMCID: PMC1083601  PMID: 4772714

Abstract

A method is described which permits simultaneous measurement of changes in slow electroencephalographic potentials (Contingent Negative Variation—CNV) and the excitability of the spinal monosynaptic arc (H reflex) during the foreperiod of a simple reaction time experiment. Data from 11 normal subjects show that during the development of the CNV there is an augmentation of the amplitude of the H-reflex. It is suggested that the two phenomena are controlled by a common subcortical structure.

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