Recent work demonstrated that it is possible to identify motor unit discharge times from high-
density surface EMG (HDEMG) decomposition. Since then, the number of studies that use …

It is generally accepted that neural factors play an important role in muscle strength gains.
This article reviews the neural adaptations in strength, with the goal of laying the foundations …

Movement is accomplished by the controlled activation of motor unit populations. Our
understanding of motor unit physiology has been derived from experimental work on the …

The purpose of this brief review is to examine the neural adaptations associated with
training, by focusing on the behavior of single motor units. The review synthesizes current …

The goal of this study was to improve the ability of a motor unit model to predict
experimentally measured force variability across a wide range of forces. Motor unit …

Noninvasive recordings of motor unit (MU) spike trains help us understand how the nervous
system controls movement and how it adapts to various physiological conditions. The …

The excitability of spinal motoneurons is both fundamental for motor behavior and essential
in diagnosis of neural disorders. There are two mechanisms for altering this excitability. The …

Persistent inward currents (PICs) are present in many types of neurons and likely have
diverse functions. In spinal motoneurons, PICs are especially strong, primarily located in …

After chronic spinal injury, motoneurons spontaneously develop two persistent inward
currents (PICs): a TTX-sensitive persistent sodium current (sodium PIC) and a nimodipine …

The main purpose of this study was to estimate the contribution of intrinsic activation of
human motoneurons (eg, by plateau potentials) during voluntary and reflexive muscle …