Corticospinal excitability is lower during rhythmic arm movement than during tonic contraction

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 914-921

  Carroll, Timothy J ^a   Baldwin, Evan R L ^b   Collins, David F ^b   Zehr, E Paul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REFLEX; RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ADAPTATION; ARM; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; INNERVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERTION; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIODICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 33644854746     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00684.2005     Document Type: Article

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