Alterations in information transmission in ensembles of primary muscle spindle afferents after muscle fatigue in heteronymous muscle

Neuroscience

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 953-959

  Pedersen, J ^a,b   Ljubisavljevic, M ^a,c   Bergenheim, M ^a   Johansson, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b S 901 87   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Afferent; Ensemble coding; Fusimotor neuron; Muscle fatigue; Simultaneous recording; Stimulus discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; GAMMA MOTONEURON; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; KINESTHESIA; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0032562197     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00403-X     Document Type: Article

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