Motoneurons are altered in muscular dystrophy

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 167-173

  Piotrkiewicz, Maria ^a   Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, Irena ^b   Mierzejewska, Jolanta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Firing rate; Motoneuron; Motor unit; Motor unit recruitment; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SPIKE;

EID: 0033020483     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(99)80147-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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