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Janet L Taylor
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Open AccessCan the cross-education of strength attenuate the impact of detraining after a period of strength training? A quasi-randomized trial
Unilateral strength training may attenuate the decline in muscle strength and size in homologous, contralateral muscles. This study aimed to determine whether the cross-education of strength could specifically...
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Open AccessSprint cycling rate of torque development associates with strength measurement in trained cyclists
A cyclist’s rate of force/torque development (RFD/RTD) and peak force/torque can be measured during single-joint or whole-body isometric tests, or during cycling. However, there is limited understanding of the...
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Open AccessInvoluntary sustained firing of plantar flexor motor neurones: effect of electrical stimulation parameters during tendon vibration
Simultaneous application of tendon vibration and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) induces an involuntary sustained torque. We examined the effect of different NMES parameters (intensity, pattern of ...
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The effect of paired corticospinal–motoneuronal stimulation on maximal voluntary elbow flexion in cervical spinal cord injury: an experimental study
Randomised, controlled, crossover study.
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Short-interval cortical inhibition and intracortical facilitation during submaximal voluntary contractions changes with fatigue
This study determined whether short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and intracortical facilitation (ICF) change during a sustained submaximal isometric contraction. On 2 days, 12 participants (6 men, ...
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Hand function is impaired in healthy older adults at risk of Parkinson’s disease
Abnormal substantia nigra morphology in healthy individuals, viewed with transcranial ultrasound, is a significant risk factor for Parkinson’s disease. However, little is known about the functional consequence...
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Neuroplasticity in Depressed Individuals Compared with Healthy Controls
Several lines of evidence suggest that neuroplasticity is impaired in depression. This study aimed to compare neuroplasticity in 23 subjects with DSM-IV major depressive episode and 23 age- and gender-matched ...
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Eccentric exercise inhibits the H reflex in the middle part of the trapezius muscle
The objectives of this study were to (1) investigate the modulation of the H reflex immediately after and 24 h after eccentric exercise in the presence of delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and (2) test the ...
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Brassica carinata CIL1 mediates extracellular ROS production during auxin- and ABA-regulated lateral root development
In the plant cytoplasm signals from multiple sources interact to control development. Lateral root proliferation is controlled by the antagonistic action of the hormones auxin and abscisic acid (ABA). Auxin st...
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Long-interval intracortical inhibition in a human hand muscle
When two motor cortical stimuli are delivered with an interstimulus interval of 50–200 ms, the response (motor evoked potential; MEP) to the second stimulus is typically suppressed. This phenomenon is termed l...
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The effect of high-frequency cutaneous vibration on different inputs subserving detection of joint movement
Stimuli that preferentially activate rapidly adapting cutaneous receptors impair proprioception in the fingers. These experiments assessed potential mechanisms. The ability to detect passive movements about in...
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The combined effect of muscle contraction history and motor commands on human position sense
Along with afferent information, centrally generated motor command signals may play a role in joint position sense. Isometric muscle contractions can produce a perception of joint displacement in the same dire...
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Perception of movement extent depends on the extent of previous movements
We report an aftereffect in perception of the extent (or degree or range) of joint movement, showing for the first time that a prolonged exposure to a passive back-and-forth movement of a certain extent result...
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The origin of activity in the biceps brachii muscle during voluntary contractions of the contralateral elbow flexor muscles
During strong voluntary contractions, activity is not restricted to the target muscles. Other muscles, including contralateral muscles, often contract. We used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to analys...
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Subthreshold transcranial magnetic stimulation during the long latency component of the cutaneomotor reflex
Modulation of ongoing electromyographic (EMG) activity in the small hand muscles can be induced by electrical stimulation of the digital nerves or by stimulation of the skin of the fingers. Several groups have...
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Small scale functional genomics of the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans: analysis of a 38 kb region
A small-scale, functional genomics approach was applied to Leptosphaeria maculans, the dothideomycete that causes blackleg disease of oilseed Brassicas. Analysis of 126 Expressed Sequence Tags identified a putati...
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The effect of a contralateral contraction on maximal voluntary activation and central fatigue in elbow flexor muscles
A long-duration, submaximal contraction of a hand muscle increases central fatigue during a subsequent contraction in the other hand. However, this 'cross-over' of central fatigue between limbs is small and th...
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Changes in muscle afferents, motoneurons and motor drive during muscle fatigue
Fatigue is a reduction of maximal muscle force or power that occurs with exercise. It is accompanied by changes at multiple levels in the motor pathway and also by changes in the discharge patterns of muscle ...
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Selection of motor responses on the basis of unperceived stimuli
In a previous study, the sensory phenomenon of “backward masking” was used to demonstrate that subjects can preprogram a single stereotyped voluntary movement or movement-sequence and that such a movement can ...
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Comparison of the 5.8s rDNA and internal transcribed spacer sequences of isolates of Leptosphaeria maculans from different pathogenicity groups
The regions coding for the 5.8s rRNA and the flanking internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) from nine isolates of the blackleg pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans and one isolate of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum we...
