Commentary on Viewpoint: Fatigue mechanisms determining exercise performance: Integrative physiology is systems physiology

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1546-

  Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Butler, Jane E ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; INNERVATION; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 45149097656     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90427.2008     Document Type: Letter

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