Functional reorganization of the partially denervated hindlimb extensor and flexor muscle in rat

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 441-447

  Sławińska, Urszula ^a   Tyč, François ^c   Kasicki, Stefan ^d   Vrbová, Gerta ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

EMG activity; extensor digitorum longus; partial denervation; plasticity; soleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS;

EID: 0029976271     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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