Moving forward: methodological considerations for assessing corticospinal excitability during rhythmic motor output in humans

EJ Lockyer, CT Compton, DA Forman… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The use of transcranial magnetic stimulation to assess the excitability of the central nervous
system to further understand the neural control of human movement is expansive. The …

Corticospinal excitability and reflex modulation in a contralateral non-stretched muscle following unilateral stretching

SH Anvar, U Granacher, A Konrad, S Alizadeh… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Muscle stretching effect on the range of motion (ROM) and force deficit in non-
stretched muscle, and the underlying mechanisms, is an ongoing issue. This study aimed to …

Sex‐related differences in corticospinal excitability outcome measures of the biceps brachii during a submaximal elbow flexor contraction

OB Olarogba, EJ Lockyer, AK Antolinez… - Physiological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sex, muscle thickness, and
subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT) on corticospinal excitability outcome measures of the …

Two weeks of arm cycling sprint interval training enhances spinal excitability to the biceps brachii

EJ Lockyer, S Alizadeh, CT Compton… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
The present study aimed to investigate whether a 2-wk arm cycling sprint interval training
(SIT) program modulated corticospinal pathway excitability in healthy, neurologically intact …

[HTML][HTML] Neuromuscular mechanisms underlying changes in force production during an attentional focus task

S Wiseman, S Alizadeh, I Halperin, B Lahouti, NJ Snow… - Brain Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
We examined the effects of attentional focus cues on maximal voluntary force output of the
elbow flexors and the underlying physiological mechanisms. Eleven males participated in …

Modulation of corticospinal excitability with contralateral arm cycling

EJ Lockyer, N Soran, KE Power - Neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
This is the first study to examine the influence of activity in one limb on corticospinal
excitability to the contralateral limb during a locomotor output. Corticospinal and spinal …

Corticospinal and spinal excitability during peripheral or central cooling in humans

M Talebian-Nia, C Leclerc, C Glazebrook… - Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cold exposure can impair fine and gross motor control and threaten survival. Most motor
task decrement is due to peripheral neuromuscular factors. Less is known about cooling on …

Probing the effect of block duration on corticospinal excitability during motor imagery performance

JW Lee, SN Kraeutner, DR Pancura… - Journal of Motor …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Considerable evidence exists related to the behavioral outcomes of motor imagery-based
training (MI). Comparatively, there is a relative gap in the literature on how corticospinal …

General Neural Process in Cycling Exercise

V Scholler, A Groslambert, F Grappe… - Journal of Science in …, 2023 - Springer
Performance in cycling is frequently related to metabolic or biomechanical factors. Overall,
the contribution of the neurophysiological system during cycling is often poorly considered in …

Human Neurophysiology Lab, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation; 2 Faculty of Medicine, 9 Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland …

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