Activation of type-identified motor units during centrally evoked contractions in the cat medial gastrocnemius muscle III. Muscle-unit force modulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-59

  Tansey, K E ^a   Yee, A K ^a   Botterman, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030044390     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.1.51     Document Type: Article

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