Quantitative methods for estimating the number of motor units in human muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1997, Pages

  Brown, William F ^a   Chan, K Ming ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL COUNT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; RESEARCH;

EID: 0030827990     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(1997)5+<70::aid-mus17>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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