Paired-pulse rTMS at trans-synaptic intervals increases corticomotor excitability and reduces the rate of force loss during a fatiguing exercise of the hand

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 626-632

  Benwell, Nicola M ^a   Mastaglia, Frank L ^a   Thickbroom, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatiguing exercise; I waves; Intervention; rTMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33750831338     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0579-3     Document Type: Article

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