Corticospinal and intracortical excitability of the quadriceps in active older and younger healthy adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 279-284

  Stevens Lapsley, Jennifer E ^a   Thomas, Abbey C ^a   Hedgecock, James B ^a   Kluger, Benzi M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyography; Motor evoked potential; Muscle; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84869490536     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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