Hyperthermia: A failure of the motor cortex and the muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 563, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 621-631

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELBOW; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 14944338504     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.077115     Document Type: Article

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