Testing the classification of static γ axons using different patterns of random stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2823-2832

  Petit, Julien ^a   Banks, Robert W ^a,b   Laporte, Yves ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033055084     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.2823     Document Type: Article

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