A model of the feline medial gastrocnemius motoneuron-muscle system subjected to recurrent inhibition

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-151

  Uchiyama, Takanori ^a   Johansson, Håkan ^b   Windhorst, Uwe ^b,c,d  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

GASTROCNEMIUS MOTONEURON-MUSCLE SYSTEM; RECURRENT AXON COLLATERALS; RECURRENT INHIBITION; RENSHAW CELLS; SKELETOMOTONEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTERNEURON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141992590     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-003-0413-y     Document Type: Article

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