Summation of forces from multiple motor units in the cat soleus muscle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 738-744

  Perreault, Eric J ^a,c   Day, Scott J ^b   Hulliger, Manuel ^b   Heckman, C J ^a   Sandercock, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0037322530     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00168.2002     Document Type: Article

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