Contractile properties of human nasal dilator motor units

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 371-378

  Mateika, J H ^a,b   Essif, E G ^a   Dellorusso, C ^a   Fregosi, R F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME;

EID: 0031917183     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.371     Document Type: Article

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