Combinatorial and cross-fiber averaging transform muscle electrical responses with a large stochastic component into deterministic contractions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1895-1904

  Hoover, Neil J ^a   Weaver, Adam L ^a   Harness, Patricia I ^b   Hooper, Scott L ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory junctional potential; Lobster; Neuromuscular transform; Panulirus interruptus; Stochastic; Stomatogastric system; Synaptic variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; LOBSTER; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036522965     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-05-01895.2002     Document Type: Article

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