Motor unit physiology: Some unresolved issues

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-17

  Enoka, Roger M ^a,b   Fuglevand, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisometric contraction; Contraction type; Discharge rate; Innervation ratio; Lengthening contraction; Motor unit; Muscle fiber types

Indexed keywords

FORCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0035150021     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200101)24:1<4::AID-MUS13>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Review

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