Cerebral Processes Mediating Muscle Fatigue in Healthy Humans

to be co-examiner, for his interest in this thesis. I am heartily grateful to Dr. Kai Lutz for providing me indispensable and irreplaceable support during the last few years. I am deeply indebted not only for the share of his enormous scientific experience and knowledge, but also for his encouragement, confidence and comprehension. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Lutz Jäncke for the work collaboration and the provision of infrastructural facilities as well as for his advice on this thesis. On that note I would also thank his research group for several stimulating science discussions. Furthermore, I am thankful to Dr. Markus Amann for his indefatigable effort, and for his scientific input, which substantially improved my way of critical thinking that I will benefit from, for a long time to come. Many thanks go to all participants for their time and enthusiasm during the studies of this thesis. Individual acknowledgements are owed to my office colleagues Ladina Bezzola and Heinz Blaser for the great friendship, the refreshing jokes and the essential cheerful talks about nonsense. Finally, special and warm thanks go to my parents Silvie and Hans for their boundless and thoughtful support in any situation over all these years.