Spontaneous electromyographic activity in adult rat soleus muscle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 365-376

  Eken, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031869649     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.1.365     Document Type: Article

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