Milena A. dos Santos

Neural and mechanical properties of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis at different rectus femoris muscle lengths

This study examines how varying rectus femoris length affects motor unit discharge rates in vasti muscles during isometric contractions, finding increased discharge rates at low force but not high force.

Bandpass corticospinal transmission during repetitive TMS revealed by motor unit recordings

This study uses HDsEMG to show that corticospinal transmission during rTMS is bandpass-like, with strongest transmission between 20-50 Hz and frequency-specific synaptic input increases.

Differential changes in the effective neural drive following new motor skill acquisition between vastus lateralis and medialis

The paper examines changes in neural drive during motor skill acquisition, finding reduced alpha band common synaptic oscillations correlate with performance improvements in vastus lateralis but not vastus medialis.

A single low-dimensional neural component of motor unit activity explains force generation across repetitive isometric tasks

The paper uses PCA and FA to show a single low-dimensional motor unit component explains most force oscillations during repetitive isometric tasks.