Sources of signal-dependent noise during isometric force production

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1533-1544

  Jones, Kelvin E ^a   Hamilton, Antonia F de C ^a   Wolpert, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0036714970     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.3.1533     Document Type: Article

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