Corticospinal excitability during fatiguing whole body exercise.

ABSTRACT: The corticospinal pathway is considered the primary conduit for voluntary motor control in humans. The efficacy of the corticospinal pathway to relay neural signals from higher brain areas to the locomotor muscle, i.e., corticospinal excitability, is subject to alterations during exercise. While the integrity of this motor pathway has historically been examined during single-joint contractions, a small number of investigations have recently focused on whole body exercise, such as cycling or rowing. Although differences in methodologies employed between these studies complicate the interpretation of the existing literature, it appears that the net excitability of the corticospinal pathway remains unaltered during fatiguing whole body exercise. Importantly, this lack of an apparent effect do

SUBMITTER: Weavil JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6363483 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature