The influence of changes in the stimulation pattern on force and fusion in motor units of the rat medial gastrocnemius muscle

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 298-306

  Grottel, Kazimierz ^a   Celichowski, Jan ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contraction; Medial gastrocnemius; Motor unit; Rat; Stimulation pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FAST MUSCLE; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032796983     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050799     Document Type: Article

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