Unilateral practice of a ballistic movement causes bilateral increases in performance and corticospinal excitability

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1656-1664

  Carroll, Timothy J ^a,b   Lee, Michael ^a   Hsu, Marlene ^a   Sayde, Janel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Motor control; Motor cortex; Training; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INNERVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 49649123107     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01351.2007     Document Type: Article

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