Electromechanical coupling and synchronous firing of single wrist extensor motor units in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 960-974

  Schmied, Annie ^a   Pouget, Jean ^b   Vedel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a 31 Ch Joseph Aiguier 13402 C   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Macro potential; Motor units; Twitch characteristics; Wrist extensor muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIC; WRIST;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES;

EID: 0033049259     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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