Cognitive decrements do not follow neuromuscular alterations during passive heat exposure

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-19

  Gaoua, Nadia ^a   Grantham, Justin ^a   El Massioui, Farid ^b,c   Girard, Olivier ^a   Racinais, Sebastien ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b Laboratoire de Psychologie et de Neurosciences   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

ognitive load; task complexity; temperature; thermoregulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79251518113     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2010.519371     Document Type: Article

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