The power of the mind: The cortex as a critical determinant of muscle strength/weakness

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3219-3226

  Clark, Brian C ^a,b   Mahato, Niladri K ^a   Nakazawa, Masato ^a,b   Law, Timothy D ^a,b   Thomas, James S ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynapenia; Imagery; Immobilization; Muscle; Strength; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HAND; IMAGINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918508170     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00386.2014     Document Type: Article

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