Estimation of the number and size of human flexor digiti minimi muscle motor units using histological methods

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-114

  Neto, Humberto Santo ^a   De Carvalho, Vilma Cloris ^a   Marques, Maria Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flexor digiti minimi muscle; Motor unit estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 0031972581     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199801)21:1<112::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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