Motoneuronal pre-compensation for the low-pass filter characteristics of muscle. A quantitative appraisal in cat muscle units

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 511, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 611-627

  Baldissera, Fausto ^a   Cavallari, Paolo ^a   Cerri, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; FILTER; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; ANIMAL CELL; DYNAMICS; FATIGUE; FORCE; ISOMETRIC TENSION; LOW-PASS FILTER; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOTONEURONAL PRE-COMPENSATION; MUSCLE UNIT; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE-TWITCH FRACTIONAL FORCE; SPIKE WAVE;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0032169035     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.611bh.x     Document Type: Article

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