ArticleThe Journal of physiology2014
The effective neural drive to muscles is the common synaptic input to motor neurons.
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102 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Does pain influence control of muscle force? A systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Mental fatigue impairs physical performance but not the neural drive to the muscle: a preliminary analysis.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Trial
- Differential changes in the effective neural drive following new motor skill acquisition between vastus lateralis and medialis.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Mental tasks induce common modulations of oscillations in cortex and spinal cord.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Online modulation of neural drive to lower motor neurons with high-definition transcranial alternating current stimulation (HD-tACS).Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Spinal motor neuron pools may be partly driven by impulsive common inputs.The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Ia excitatory postsynaptic potentials are potentiated in slow-type motoneurons after a 5-week treadmill endurance training in rats.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Reduced knee extensor torque steadiness and increased motor unit discharge rate variability in young people with patellofemoral pain: a pilot study.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Age-related alterations in trunk extensor force control during isometric and isokinetic contractions.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Comparison of maximal strength, muscle morphology, and motor unit recruitment and firing rate patterns of the abductor digiti minimi in normal-fat and over-fat males.Sports medicine and health science · 2026Article
- Caffeine as an Ergogenic Aid for Neuromuscular Performance: Mechanisms of Action from Brain to Motor Units.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Adaptation of motor unit synergies in the synergetic ankle plantarflexors in ambulatory persons with incomplete spinal cord injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Analysis of motor units with high-density surface electromyography: methodological considerations and physiological significance.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
- Characterization of motor unit activities during isometric elbow flexion with different speeds.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- A single low-dimensional neural component of spinal motor neuron activity explains force generation across repetitive isometric tasks.iScience · 2025Article
- Motor unit mechanisms of speed control in mouse locomotion.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Personalized mapping of inhibitory spinal cord circuits in humans via noninvasive neural decoding and in silico modeling.Science advances · 2025Article
- Neuromuscular control of a five-finger pinch task is influenced by training history.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Peripheral neural interfaces for reading high-frequency brain signals.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025Review
- Effects of Aging on Motor Unit Properties in Isometric Elbow Flexion.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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