Changes in presumed motor cortical activity during fatiguing muscle contraction in humans

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-326

  Seifert, T ^a   Petersen, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Exercise; Human; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953182632     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02098.x     Document Type: Article

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