Fatigue diminishes motoneuronal excitability during cycling exercise

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1743-1751

  Weavil, Joshua C ^a   Sidhu, Simranjit K ^b,c   Mangum, Tyler S ^a   Richardson, Russell S ^a,b,d   Amann, Markus ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal pathway; Electromyography; Motor cortex; Motor neuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOMEDULLARY EVOKED POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXHAUSTION; FACILITATION; FATIGUE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; LEG; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84990062883     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00300.2016     Document Type: Article

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