Electrophysiological evidence of adult human skeletal muscle fibres with multiple endplates and polyneuronal innervation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 544, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 549-565

  Lateva, Zoia C ^a   McGill, Kevin C ^a   Johanson, M Elise ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037107421     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.023267     Document Type: Article

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