Functional properties of single motor units in the inferior head of human lateral pterygoid muscle: Task firing rates

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 751-760

  Phanachet, I ^a   Whittle, T ^a   Wanigaratne, K ^a   Murray, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036337230     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.2.751     Document Type: Article

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