Mechanical properties of single motor units in the rabbit masseter muscle as a function of jaw position

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-162

  Turkawski, S J J ^a   Van Eijden, T M G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Jaw gape; Masseter; Motor unit properties; Twitch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; JAW; MASSETER MUSCLE; MECHANICS; MOTOR UNIT; MOUTH CAVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; JAW; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; RABBITS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0035026907     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100708     Document Type: Article

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