Recruitment of triceps surae motor units in the decerebrate cat I. Independence of type S units in soleus and medial gastrocnemius muscles

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1997-2004

  Dacko, Stan M ^a,b   Sokoloff, Alan J ^a   Cope, Timothy C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DECEREBRATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 0029953071     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.1997     Document Type: Article

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