Male human motor cortex stimulus-response characteristics are not altered by aging

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 206-212

  Smith, Ashleigh E ^a   Sale, Martin V ^a   Higgins, Ryan D ^a   Wittert, Gary A ^b   Pitcher, Julia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticospinal stimulus response curves; Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 79251474411     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00403.2010     Document Type: Article

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