Summation of extraocular motor unit tensions in the lateral rectus muscle of the cat

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1229-1235

  Goldberg, Stephen J ^a   Wilson, Kristi E ^a   Shall, Mary S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Abducens; Extraocular; Eye movement; Motoneuron; Oculomotor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030881548     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199710)20:10<1229::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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