Adapting motoneurons for motor behavior

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 1999, Pages 57-63

  Delgado Lezama, R ^a   Hounsgaard, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033385292     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62844-7     Document Type: Article

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