@article {3082,
	title = {Soleus H-reflex operant conditioning changes the H-reflex recruitment curve.},
	journal = {Muscle \& nerve},
	volume = {47},
	year = {2013},
	month = {04/2013},
	pages = {539{\textendash}544},
	abstract = {INTRODUCTION:
Operant conditioning can gradually change the human soleus H-reflex. The protocol conditions the reflex near M-wave threshold. In this study we examine its impact on the reflexes at other stimulus strengths.
METHODS:
H-reflex recruitment curves were obtained before and after a 24-session exposure to an up-conditioning (HRup) or a down-conditioning (HRdown) protocol and were compared.
RESULTS:
In both HRup and HRdown subjects, conditioning affected the entire H-reflex recruitment curve. In 5 of 6 HRup and 3 of 6 HRdown subjects, conditioning elevated (HRup) or depressed (HRdown), respectively, the entire curve. In the other HRup subject or the other 3 HRdown subjects, the curve was shifted to the left or to the right, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS:
H-reflex conditioning does not simply change the H-reflex to a stimulus of particular strength; it also changes the H-reflexes to stimuli of different strengths. Thus, it is likely to affect many actions in which this pathway participates.},
	keywords = {motor learning, plasticity, Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord},
	issn = {1097-4598},
	doi = {10.1002/mus.23620},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23281107},
	author = {Thompson, Aiko K. and Xiang Yang Chen and Jonathan Wolpaw}
}
