Changes in motor cortical excitability during human muscle fatigue

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 490, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 519-528

  Taylor, Janet L ^a   Butler, Jane E ^a   Allen, Gabrielle M ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; TENDON; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030069208     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021163     Document Type: Article

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