Sympathetic-induced changes in discharge rate and spike-triggered average twitch torque of low-threshold motor units in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5561-5574

  Roatta, Silvestro ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Farina, Dario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISURE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; TORQUE; WATER IMMERSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649105353     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.160770     Document Type: Article

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