Training in a ballistic task but not a visuomotor task increases responses to stimulation of human corticospinal axons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2485-2492

  Giesebrecht, Sabine ^a   van Duine, Hiske ^a   Todd, Gabrielle ^c   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b   Taylor, Janet L ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Motoneuron; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; AXONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860500044     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01117.2010     Document Type: Article

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