Brain temperature and exercise performance

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-339

  Nybo, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORE TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84857588394     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.062273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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