Aerobic exercise modulates intracortical inhibition and facilitation in a nonexercised upper limb muscle

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Singh, Amaya M ^a   Duncan, Robin E ^a   Neva, Jason L ^a   Staines, W Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; CYCLING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GENE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84919862281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1847-6-23     Document Type: Article

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