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Blame muscle fatigue on your brain

Updated on: 06 December,2011 05:26 PM IST  | 
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You are so overcome with fatigue and aching muscles after running 15 laps that you just want to lie down and rest. Blame a brain mechanism rather than your physical prowess that limits performance and ensures one's own limits are not exceeded, a study reveals.

Blame muscle fatigue on your brain

The third and final part of this series of experiments, conducted by Lea Hilty, under Lutz, found that "the neuronal system not only informs the brain, but also actually has a regulating effect on motoric activity", said Hilty, according a university statement.


A motoric activity is a learned sequence of movements that combine to produce a smooth, efficient action in order to master a particular task.

"The findings are an important step in discovering the role the brain plays in muscle fatigue," Lutz added.

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