Responses of group III and IV muscle afferents to dynamic exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1811-1817

  Adreani, Christine M ^a   Hill, Janeen M ^a   Kaufman, Marc P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; A fibers; C fibers; Mesencephalic locomotor region; Reflex control of the circulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DECEREBRATION; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 0030926166     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.6.1811     Document Type: Article

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