Recruitment of triceps surae motor units in the decerebrate cat II. Heterogeneity among soleus motor units

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2005-2016

  Sokoloff, Alan J ^a   Cope, Timothy C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 0029893638     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.2005     Document Type: Article

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