The physiological origin of the slow afterwave in muscle action potentials

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 462-469

  Lateva, Zoia C ^a   McGill, Kevin C ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Intracellular action potential; Motor unit action potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERDISCHARGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ARTIFACTS; COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031755827     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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