Relationship between motor unit short-term synchronization and common drive in human first dorsal interosseous muscle

Brain Research

Volumn 767, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 314-320

  Semmler, John G ^a   Nordstrom, Michael A ^a   Wallace, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Short term synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DRIVE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPIKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXONS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION;

EID: 0030770769     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00621-5     Document Type: Article

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