The relationship between isometric force requirement and forelimb tremor in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-293

  Stanford, John A ^a   Vorontsova, Elena ^b   Fowler, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Force; Forelimb; Isometric; Operant; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FORELIMB; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREMOR;

EID: 0034084759     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00248-6     Document Type: Article

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