Motoneuron and sensory neuron plasticity to varying neuromuscular activity levels

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-57

  Ishihara, Akihiko ^b   Roy, Roland R ^c   Ohira, Yoshinobu ^a   Reggie Edgerton, V ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Axotomy; Electrical stimulation; Exercise; Exposure to microgravity; Functional overload; Hindlimb unloading; Motoneurons; Sensory neurons; Spinal cord isolation; Spinal cord transection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MICROGRAVITY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; WEIGHT BEARING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037261412     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200301000-00010     Document Type: Review

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