Stability of corticospinal excitability and grip force in intrinsic hand muscles in man over a 24-h period

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 679-682

  Strutton, Paul H ^a   Catley, Maria ^a   Davey, Nick J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Corticospinal; Electromyography (EMG); Grip force; Motor Evoked Potential (MEP); Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THENAR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0041381172     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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