Short-term training adaptations in maximal motor unit firing rates and afterhyperpolarization duration

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 651-660

  Christie, Anita ^a   Kamen, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhypolarization; Aging; Firing rate; Motor unit; Training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMAL MOTOR UNIT FIRING RATE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY FORCE; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION DURATION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME; SARCOLEMMA; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951284230     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21539     Document Type: Article

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