Group III/IV locomotor muscle afferents alter motor cortical and corticospinal excitability and promote central fatigue during cycling exercise

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 44-55

  Sidhu, Simranjit K ^a,d   Weavil, Joshua C ^b   Mangum, Tyler S ^b   Jessop, Jacob E ^a   Richardson, Russell S ^a,b,c   Morgan, David E ^a   Amann, Markus ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Cervicomedullary stimulation; Neural blockade; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOMEDULLARY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE GROUP III; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE GROUP IV; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ACTION POTENTIAL; EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BICYCLING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995753408     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.008     Document Type: Article

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