Research Catalog

Title

Fatigue : neural and muscular mechanisms / edited by Simon C. Gandevia ... [et al.].

Publication

New York : Pleanum Press, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gandevia, Simon C.

Description

xiv, 541 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

• Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 384
• The language of science

Uniform Title

• Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 384.
• Language of science.

Subject

• Afferent pathways > Congresses
• Fatigue > Congresses
• Motor Neurons
• Motor neurons > Congresses
• Muscle Fatigue > physiology
• Muscles > Innervation > Congresses
• Muscles > Physiology > Congresses
• Neuroromuscular Junction > physiopathology

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings based in part on the symposium on Neural and neuromusclar aspects of muscular fatigue, held November 10-13, 1994, in Miami, Florida"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Looking Back / Brenda R. Bigland-Ritchie -- The Scientific Contributions of Brenda Bigland-Ritchie / C. K. Thomas, R. M. Enoka, S. C. Gandevia, A. J. McComas and D. G. Stuart -- 1. Myofibrillar Fatigue versus Failure of Activation / K. A. P. Edman -- 2. Mechanisms of Excitation-Contraction Coupling Relevant to Skeletal Muscle Fatigue / D. G. Stephenson, G. D. Lamb, G. M. M. Stephenson and M. W. Fryer -- 3. The Role of Intracellular Acidosis in Muscle Fatigue / D. G. Allen, H. Westerblad and J. Lannergren -- 4. Role of Interstitial Potassium / G. Sjogaard and A. J. McComas -- 5. Fatigue at the Neuromuscular Junction: Branch Point vs. Presynaptic Postsynaptic Mechanisms / G. C. Sieck and Y. S. Prakash -- 6. The Role of the Sarcolemma Action Potential in Fatigue / A. J. Fuglevand -- 7. Single Fiber Electromyography in Studies of Neuromuscular Function / J. V. Trontelj and E. Stalberg --
• 8. Intrinsic Properties of Motoneurons: Implications for Muscle Fatigue / A. Sawczuk, R. K. Powers and M. D. Binder -- 9. Neuromuscular Frequency Coding and Fatigue / D. Kernell -- 10. Human Motor Units Studied by Spike-Triggered Averaging and Intraneural Motor Azon Stimulation / C. K. Thomas -- 11. Human Motor Units Studied by Intramuscular Microstimulation / J. M. Elek and R. Dengler -- 12. Bioenergetics and Muscle Cell Types / M. J. Kushmerick -- 13. Metabolic Correlates of Fatigue from Different Types of Exercise in Man / N. K. Vollestad -- 14. Mechanisms of Human Muscle Fatigue: Quantitating the Contribution of Metabolic Factors and Activation Impairment / R. G. Miller, J. A. Kent-Braun, K. R. Sharma and M. W. Weiner -- 15. Emerging Opportunities with NMR / L. A. Bertocci -- 16. Variable-Frequency Stimulation Patterns for the Optimization of Force during Muscle Fatigue: Muscle Wisdom and the Catch-like Property / S. A. Binder-Macleod --
• 17. Overview: Potential Role of Segmental Motor Circuitry in Muscle Fatigue / U. Windhorst and G. Boorman -- 18. The Fusimotor System: Its Role in Fatigue / K.-E. Hagbarth and V. G. Macefield -- 19. Role of Muscle Afferents in the Inhibition of Motoneurons during Fatigue / S. J. Garland and M. P. Kaufman -- 20. Central Fatigue: Critical Issues, Quantification and Practical Implications / S. C. Gandevia, G. M. Allen and D. K. McKenzie -- 21. Single-Trial Readiness Potentials and Fatigue / D. Popivanov, A. Mineva and J. Dushanova -- 22. The Senses of Effort and Force during Fatiguing Contractions / L. A. Jones -- 23. Tryptophan, 5-Hydroxytryptamine and a Possible Explanation for Central Fatigue / E. A. Newsholme and E. Blomstrand -- 24. The Significance of Motor Unit Variability in Sustaining Mechanical Output of Muscle / A. J. Sargeant and D. A. Jones -- 25. Intramuscular Pressures for Monitoring Different Tasks and Muscle Conditions / O. M. Sejersted and A. R. Hargens --
• 26. Task-Dependent Nature of Fatigue in Single Motor Units / B. R. Botterman -- 27. Task-Dependent Factors in Fatigue of Human Voluntary Contractions / B. Bigland-Ritchie, C. L. Rice, S. J. Garland and M. L. Walsh -- 28. Fatigue and the Design of the Respiratory System / S. L. Lindstedt and H. Hoppeler -- 29. An Integrative View of Limitations to Muscular Performance / J. A. Dempsey and M. A. Babcock -- 30. Respiratory Muscle Fatigue / D. K. McKenzie and F. Bellemare -- 31. Fatigue of Jaw Muscles and Speech Mechanisms / T. S. Miles and M. A. Nordstrom -- 32. Fatigue in Adapted Systems: Overuse and Underuse Paradigms / T. Gordon -- 33. Associations between Muscle Soreness, Damage, and Fatigue / P. M. Clarkson and D. J. Newham -- 34. Muscle Fatigue in Old Animals: Unique Aspects of Fatigue in Elderly Humans / J. A. Faulkner and S. V. Brooks --
• 35. Historical Perspective: A Framework for Interpreting Pathobiological Ideas on Human Muscle Fatigue / R. H. T. Edwards, V. Toescu and H. Gibson -- 36. Fatigue Brought on by Malfunction of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems / A. J. McComas, R. G. Miller and S. C. Gandevia -- 37. Neurobiology of Muscle Fatigue: Advances and Issues / S. C. Gandevia, R. M. Enoka, A. J. McComas, D. G. Stuart and C. K. Thomas.

ISBN

0306451395

LCCN

95043970

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries