Changes in tension-frequency relationship of motor units induced by their activity in rat muscle

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-237

  Celichowski, J ^a   Grottel, K ^a,b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030971761     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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