Corticospinal excitability is associated with hypocapnia but not changes in cerebral blood flow

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 594, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3423-3437

  Hartley, Geoffrey L ^a,b   Watson, Cody L ^a   Ainslie, Philip N ^c   Tokuno, Craig D ^a   Greenway, Matthew J ^d   Gabriel, David A ^a   O'Leary, Deborah D ^a   Cheung, Stephen S ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; EFFECT SIZE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; ISOCAPNIC HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84974661189     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP271914     Document Type: Article

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