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This presentation will cover the methods used to investigate neuronal circuitries between peripheral receptors and skeletal muscles in human subjects. There are a number of problems regarding reflex studies using experimental animals. There are also problems in the recording and analysis aspects of these experiments. To overcome these problems we have utilized precisely-controlled mechanical or electrical stimuli to activate receptors and single motor units from human muscles. We also used classical and novel methods to analyze the results to indicate neuronal networks.
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Author is grateful to many colleagues and students contributed to various parts of this ongoing study. He is also grateful to Koç University School of Medicine for continuous support for his lab activities and for providing a travel grant to present this paper at the ICNR conference in Spain.
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Türker, K.S. (2017). Difficulties Faced in Standardized Receptor Stimulation and in Standardized Analysis of Muscle Responses to a Stimulus. In: Ibáñez, J., González-Vargas, J., Azorín, J., Akay, M., Pons, J. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_30
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