Reduced muscle activation during exercise related to brain oxygenation and metabolism in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1985-1995

  Rasmussen, P ^a   Nielsen, J ^a   Overgaard, M ^a   Krogh Madsen, R ^a   Gjedde, A ^b   Secher, N H ^a   Petersen, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CYCLING; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELBOW; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954491073     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.186767     Document Type: Article

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