Sag during unfused tetanic contractions in rat triceps surae motor units

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2647-2661

  Carp, J S ^a,b   Herchenroder, P A ^a   Chen, X Y ^a   Wolpaw, J R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FORCE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0032980671     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.2647     Document Type: Article

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