Extraocular motoneuron stimulation frequency effects on motor unit tension in cat

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-225

  Shall, M S ^a   Wilson, K E ^a   Goldberg, S J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abducens nerve; Cat; Lateral rectus muscle; Oculomotor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 0030422443     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147884     Document Type: Article

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