Justin J. Kavanagh

Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Last Updated: 09/26/2026

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Motor unit discharge and torque steadiness are reduced in people with multiple sclerosis when performing voluntary muscle contractions.

Motor unit discharge and torque steadiness are reduced in people with multiple sclerosis when performing voluntary muscle contractions.

Journal: Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)

Published: May 27, 2025

5-HT2 antagonism indirectly increases motor unit discharge rate and cervicomedullary motor evoked potential amplitude during submaximal elbow flexions.

5-HT2 antagonism indirectly increases motor unit discharge rate and cervicomedullary motor evoked potential amplitude during submaximal elbow flexions.

Journal: The Journal of physiology

Published: December 08, 2024

Oxygen deprivation is a muscle revelation: hypoxia enhances motor unit firing after spinal cord injury.

Oxygen deprivation is a muscle revelation: hypoxia enhances motor unit firing after spinal cord injury.

Journal: The Journal of physiology

Published: July 20, 2024

Altered anconeus muscle activation characteristics during isometric gripping in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy compared with age- and sex-matched control.

Altered anconeus muscle activation characteristics during isometric gripping in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy compared with age- and sex-matched control.

Journal: Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery

Published: May 27, 2024

Short-latency afferent inhibition is reduced with cold-water immersion of a limb and remains reduced after removal from the cold stimulus.

Short-latency afferent inhibition is reduced with cold-water immersion of a limb and remains reduced after removal from the cold stimulus.

Journal: Experimental physiology

Published: March 21, 2024

Antagonism of 5-HT2 receptors attenuates self-sustained firing of human motor units.

Antagonism of 5-HT2 receptors attenuates self-sustained firing of human motor units.

Journal: The Journal of physiology

Published: November 09, 2023

Short-latency afferent inhibition is reduced in people with multiple sclerosis during fatiguing muscle contractions.

Short-latency afferent inhibition is reduced in people with multiple sclerosis during fatiguing muscle contractions.

Journal: The European journal of neuroscience

Published: October 18, 2023

Voluntary muscle activation in people with multiple sclerosis is reduced across a wide range of forces following maximal effort-fatiguing contractions.

Voluntary muscle activation in people with multiple sclerosis is reduced across a wide range of forces following maximal effort-fatiguing contractions.

Journal: Journal of neurophysiology

Published: October 11, 2023

Excitatory drive to spinal motoneurones is necessary for serotonin to modulate motoneurone excitability via 5-HT2 receptors in humans.

Excitatory drive to spinal motoneurones is necessary for serotonin to modulate motoneurone excitability via 5-HT2 receptors in humans.

Journal: The European journal of neuroscience

Published: August 04, 2023

Motor unit tracking using blind source separation filters and waveform cross-correlations: reliability under physiological and pharmacological conditions.

Motor unit tracking using blind source separation filters and waveform cross-correlations: reliability under physiological and pharmacological conditions.

Journal: Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)

Published: July 06, 2023

Serotonergic and noradrenergic contributions to motor cortical and spinal motoneuronal excitability in humans.

Serotonergic and noradrenergic contributions to motor cortical and spinal motoneuronal excitability in humans.

Journal: Neuropharmacology

Published: July 04, 2023

Blockade of 5-HT2 receptors suppresses motor unit firing and estimates of persistent inward currents during voluntary muscle contraction in humans.

Blockade of 5-HT2 receptors suppresses motor unit firing and estimates of persistent inward currents during voluntary muscle contraction in humans.

Journal: The Journal of physiology

Published: December 13, 2022

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Last Updated: 09/26/2026