Effects of exercise training on α-motoneurons

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1228-1236

  Gardiner, P ^a,b   Dai, Y ^a   Heckman, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Modeling; Neuromodulation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CARISOPRODOL; ION CHANNEL; MONOAMINE;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; BEHAVIOR; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33749345519     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00482.2006     Document Type: Review

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