Tension distribution of single motor units in multitendoned muscles: Comparison of a homologous digit muscle in cats and monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1734-1747

  Schieber, Marc H ^a,e   Chua, Michael ^b   Petit, Julien ^c   Hunt, Carlton C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PSL Research University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

compartment; distribution; force; functional; macaque; motor unit; multitendoned; muscle; neuromuscular; subdivision; tension

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; MONKEY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON;

EID: 0031054672     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-05-01734.1997     Document Type: Article

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