Functional role of muscle reflexes for force generation in the decerebrate walking cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 525, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 781-791

  Stein, Richard B ^a   Misiaszek, John E ^a   Pearson, Keir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WALKING; ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOTATIC REFLEX;

EID: 0034659245     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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