Hand dominance and motor unit firing behavior

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1373-1382

  Adam, Alexander ^a,b   De Luca, Carlo J ^a,b,c   Erim, Zeynep ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOELECTRICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031732201     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.3.1373     Document Type: Article

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