"What trains together, gains together": Strength training strengthens not only muscles but also neural networks

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 347-348

  Taube, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 80051761447     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00688.2011     Document Type: Editorial

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