Stability of motor-unit force thresholds in the decerebrate cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3077-3082

  Cope, Timothy C ^a   Sokoloff, Alan J ^a   Dacko, Stan M ^b   Huot, Rebecca ^a   Feingold, Eleanor ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0031416217     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3077     Document Type: Article

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