Protracted exercise without overt neuromuscular fatigue influences cortical excitability

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-138

  Crupi, Domenica ^a,b   Cruciata, Giuseppe ^a   Moisello, Clara ^a   Green, Paul Ann ^a   Naro, Antonino ^a,c   Ricciardi, Lucia ^a,c   Perfetti, Bernardo ^a   Bove, Marco ^d   Avanzino, Laura ^d   Di Rocco, Alessandro ^e   Quartarone, Angelo ^a,c,e   Ghilardi, M Felice ^a,e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

motor performance; premovement facilitation; prolonged training; transcranial magnetic stimulation; use dependent plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FATIGUE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REACTION TIME; REST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; REST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84876144520     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2012.760514     Document Type: Article

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