Recent evidence for plateau potentials in human motoneurones

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 508, Issue , 2002, Pages 227-235

  Collins, David F ^a   Gorassini, Monica ^a   Bennett, David ^a   Burke, David ^b   Gandevia, Simon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ANIMAL; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036025046     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0713-0_28     Document Type: Article

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