Activation of type-identified motor units during centrally evoked contractions in the cat medial gastrocnemius muscle II. Motoneuron firing-rate modulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-50

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030069156     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.1.38     Document Type: Article

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