Orderly recruitment among motoneurons supplying different muscles

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Cope, Timothy C ^a   Sokoloff, Alan J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motoneuron; Motor control; Motor unit; Muscle; Size principle

Indexed keywords

CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; REFLEX RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0033015005     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(99)80138-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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