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  • Title: Vibration and muscle contraction affect somatosensory evoked potentials.
    Author: Cohen LG, Starr A.
    Journal: Neurology; 1985 May; 35(5):691-8. PubMed ID: 3157885.
    Abstract:
    We recorded potentials evoked by specific somatosensory stimuli over peripheral nerve, spinal cord, and cerebral cortex. Vibration attenuated spinal and cerebral potentials evoked by mixed nerve and muscle spindle stimulation; in one subject that was tested, there was no effect on cutaneous input. Presynaptic inhibition of Ia input in the spinal cord and muscle spindle receptor occupancy are probably the responsible mechanisms. In contrast, muscle contraction attenuated cerebral potentials to both cutaneous and muscle spindle afferent volleys; central mechanisms modulating neurons in the dorsal columns nuclei, thalamus, or cerebral cortex are probably responsible.
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