Neurophysiological effects of exercise in the heat

@article{Roelands2015NeurophysiologicalEO,
  title={Neurophysiological effects of exercise in the heat},
  author={Bart Roelands and Kevin De Pauw and Romain Meeusen},
  journal={Scandinavian Journal of Medicine \& Science in Sports},
  year={2015},
  volume={25}
}
Fatigue during prolonged exercise is a multifactorial phenomenon. The complex interplay between factors originating from both the periphery and the brain will determine the onset of fatigue. In recent years, electrophysiological and imaging tools have been fine‐tuned, allowing for an improved understanding of what happens in the brain. In the first part of the review, we present literature that studied the changes in electrocortical activity during and after exercise in normal and high ambient… 
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