Models of ensemble firing of muscle spindle afferents recorded during normal locomotion in cats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 277-291

  Prochazka, Arthur ^a   Gorassini, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; HAMSTRING; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FIRING RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PREDICTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032520096     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.277bu.x     Document Type: Article

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