Tendon organ sensitivity to steady-state isotonic contraction of in-series motor units in feline peroneus tertius muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 227-233

  Petit, J ^b   Scott, J J A ^a   Reynolds, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SLOW MUSCLE; TENDON RECEPTOR;

EID: 0030984566     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022012     Document Type: Article

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