Pre- and post-synaptic control of motoneuron excitability in athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1766-1772

  Earles, Donald R ^a   Dierking, Jason T ^a   Robertson, Christopher T ^a   Koceja, David M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex; Presynaptic inhibition; Recurrent inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; RECURRENT INHIBITION;

EID: 0036840730     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200211000-00012     Document Type: Article

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