Unit identification, sampling bias and technical issues in microneurographic recordings from muscle spindle afferents

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-144

  Burke, David ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Identification; Microneurography; Muscle spindle; Tendon organ

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RECEPTOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 0030743565     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)02244-9     Document Type: Article

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