The response to paired motor cortical stimuli is abolished at a spinal level during human muscle fatigue

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5601-5612

  McNeil, Chris J ^a   Martin, Peter G ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; CENTRAL FATIGUE; CERVICOMEDULLARY MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; CERVICOMEDULLARY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; EXERCISE RECOVERY; HAND MUSCLE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249146024     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.180968     Document Type: Article

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