Properties of single motor units in medial gastrocnemius muscles of adult and old rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 543-552

  Kadhiresan, Veerichetty A ^a,b   Hassett, Cheryl A ^a   Faulkner, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0030005428     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021402     Document Type: Article

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