Sex differences in rabbit masseter motoneuron firing behavior

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-340

  English, Arthur W ^a   Widmer, Charles G ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Masseter muscle; Motoneurons; Rabbit; Sexual dimorphism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR NEURONS; RABBITS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0038185183     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10217     Document Type: Article

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