Corticospinal Responses to Motor Training Revealed by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 54-59

  Carroll, Timothy J ^a   Riek, Stephan ^a   Carson, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor cortex; Neural adaptations; Strength training; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL NERVE; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPINAL NERVES; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0035318699     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200104000-00003     Document Type: Article

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