Self-sustained firing of human motor units

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Gorassini, Monica A ^a   Bennett, David J ^a   Yang, Jaynie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human; Motor units; Plateau potentials; Self sustained firing; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032496055     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00277-8     Document Type: Article

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