Supraspinal factors in human muscle fatigue: Evidence for suboptimal output from the motor cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 490, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 529-536

  Gandevia, S C ^a   Allen, Gabrielle M ^a   Butler, Jane E ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13344276576     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021164     Document Type: Article

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