BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 90-96 , April 2011

Fatiguing intermittent lower limb exercise influences corticospinal and corticocortical excitability in the nonexercised upper limb

  • Kyohei Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Kyohei Takahashi, Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0056, Japan
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  • Atsuo Maruyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Sports, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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  • Kohji Hirakoba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan
    • ,
  • Masato Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Seiji Etoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazumi Kawahira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
    • ,
  • John C. Rothwell

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, UCL, United Kingdom

Received 12 February 2010 ,Revised 1 July 2010 ,Accepted 3 July 2010.

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 This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B, 18300198) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and by the Medical Research Council (J.C.R.).

PII: S1935-861X(10)00093-8

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.07.001

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 90-96 , April 2011

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