Human motor units in health and disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue , 2000, Pages S7-S18

  Brown, W F ^a   Provost, S M ^e   Chan, M ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LASELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Longitudinal study; Motor unit; Motor unit number estimation

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 0033779796     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(2000)999:9<::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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