Contractile properties of single motor units in human toe extensors assessed by intraneural motor axon stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2509-2519

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b   Fuglevand, Andrew J ^a   Bigland Ritchie, Brenda ^a,c  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0029950781     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.6.2509     Document Type: Article

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