Plastic changes in the human H-reflex pathway at rest following skillful cycling training

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1682-1691

  Mazzocchio, Riccardo ^a,b   Kitago, Tomoko ^a   Liuzzi, Gianpiero ^a   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^c   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex; Locomotion; Memory; Plasticity; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REST; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33746224193     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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