Ischaemia after exercise does not reduce responses of human motoneurones to cortical or corticospinal tract stimulation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 525, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 793-801

  Taylor, J T ^a,b   Petersen, N ^a   Butler, J E ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP III; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP IV; EXERCISE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034659370     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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