Role of motor unit structure in defining function

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 848-866

  Monti, Ryan J ^a   Roy, Roland R ^a   Reggie Edgerton, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycogen depletion; Lateral force transmission; Motor unit architecture; Motor unit fiber spatial distribution; Motor unit interactions; Motor unit physiology; Muscle fiber morphology; Single motor units

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0034971539     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1083     Document Type: Review

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