Sustained maximal voluntary contraction produces independent changes in human motor axons and the muscle they innervate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Milder, David A ^a   Sutherland, Emily J ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   McNulty, Penelope A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898757981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091754     Document Type: Article

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