Revisiting the notion of 'motor unit types'

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 1999, Pages 167-175

  Burke, R E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TAXONOMY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0033399915     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62854-x     Document Type: Article

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