Altered corticospinal transmission to the hand after maximum voluntary efforts

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 679-687

  Giesebrecht, Sabine ^a   Martin, Peter G ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; First dorsal interosseous; Human; Motor cortex; Premotoneuronal synapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955555476     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21938     Document Type: Article

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