Developmental changes in innervation of rat extensor digitorum longus muscle

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 211-225

  Cuppini, Riccardo ^a   Ambrogini, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Extensor digitorum longus muscle; Motor neurons; Motor units; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0030595977     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(96)01839-8     Document Type: Article

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