Gender differences in changes of motor cortex excitability during elevated blood lactate levels

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 106-110

  Perciavalle, Valentina ^a   Coco, Marinella ^a   Alagona, Giovanna ^b   MacI, Tiziana ^a   Perciavalle, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood lactate; Cortical excitability; Maximal exercise; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77956471362     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2010.507102     Document Type: Article

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