Group III and IV muscle afferents: role on central motor drive and clinical implications

J Laurin, V Pertici, E Dousset, T Marqueste… - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
The present review is focused on neural mechanisms responsible of group III and IV muscle
afferent actions on central motor drive during physical exercise in both healthy and …

[PDF][PDF] Central fatigue assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation in ultratrail running

J Temesi, T Rupp, V Martin, PJ Arnal, L Féasson… - Med Sci Sports …, 2014 - academia.edu
Purpose: The well-established central deficit in ultra-endurance running races is not
understood. The use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in parallel with peripheral …

Firing of antagonist small‐diameter muscle afferents reduces voluntary activation and torque of elbow flexors

DS Kennedy, CJ McNeil, SC Gandevia… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Key points• Maintained firing of fatigue‐sensitive small‐diameter muscle afferents is
reported to reduce voluntary activation of the homonymous (fatigued) muscle.• Our study …

Nociception and inflammatory hyperalgesia evaluated in rodents using infrared laser stimulation after Trpv1 gene knockout or resiniferatoxin lesion

K Mitchell, EE Lebovitz, JM Keller, AJ Mannes… - PAIN®, 2014 - Elsevier
TRPV1 is expressed in a subpopulation of myelinated Aδ and unmyelinated C-fibers.
TRPV1+ fibers are essential for the transmission of nociceptive thermal stimuli and for the …

Primary afferent neurons containing calcitonin gene‐related peptide but not substance P in forepaw skin, dorsal root ganglia, and spinal cord of mice

GR Kestell, RL Anderson, JN Clarke… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In mice dorsal root ganglia (DRG), some neurons express calcitonin gene–related peptide
(CGRP) without substance P (SP; CGRP+ SP‐). The projections and functions of these …

Antihyperalgesic effect of tetrodotoxin in rat models of persistent muscle pain

P Alvarez, JD Levine - Neuroscience, 2015 - Elsevier
Persistent muscle pain is a common and disabling symptom for which available treatments
have limited efficacy. Since tetrodotoxin (TTX) displays a marked antinociceptive effect in …

Mechanical compression and nucleus pulposus application on dorsal root Ganglia differentially modify evoked neuronal activity in the thalamus

E Nilsson, H Brisby, K Rask, I Hammar - BioResearch Open Access, 2013 - liebertpub.com
A combination of mechanical compression caused by a protruding disc and leakage of
nucleus pulposus (NP) from the disc core is presumed to contribute to intervertebral disc …

Long lasting activity of nociceptive muscular afferents facilitates bilateral flexion reflex pattern in the feline spinal cord

ED Schomburg, H Steffens, AI Pilyavskii… - Neuroscience …, 2015 - Elsevier
Chronic muscular limb pain requires the adoption of motor patterns distinct from the classic
ipsilateral flexion, crossed extension and corresponding reciprocal inhibitions to acute …

The power features of Masseter muscle activity in tension-type and migraine without aura headache during open-close clench cycles

BA Savareh, A Ghanjal, A Bashiri, M Motaqi, B Hatef - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Introduction Different types of headaches and TMJ click influence the masseter muscle
activity. The aim of this study was to assess the trend of energy level of the …

Motor-Control Notions in Health and Disease (What Controls Motor Control?)

P Dibaj, U Windhorst - 2024 - preprints.org
The termmotor control encompasses a wide range of mechanisms thought to be implicated
in the organization of movements. Their study, like that of any other scientific field, must use …