Weaker seniors exhibit motor cortex hypoexcitability and impairments in voluntary activation

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1112-1119

  Clark, Brian C ^a,b   Taylor, Janet L ^c   Hong, S Lee ^a,b   Law, Timothy D ^a,b   Russ, David W ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynapenia; Muscle; Sarcopenia; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943275717     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv030     Document Type: Article

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