Activity-dependent depression of the recurrent discharge of human motoneurones after maximal voluntary contractions

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 4957-4969

  Khan, Serajul I ^a   Giesebrecht, Sabine ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866840276     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.235697     Document Type: Article

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