Elevated blood lactate is associated with increased motor cortex excitability

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Coco, Marinella ^a   Alagona, Giovanna ^b   Rapisarda, Giuseppe ^b   Costanzo, Erminio ^b   Calogero, Roberto Antonio ^a   Perciaevalle, Valentina ^a   Perciavalle, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Lactate infusion; Maximal exercise; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649143399     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220903471765     Document Type: Article

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