Power Developed by Motor Units of the Peroneus Tertius Muscle of the Cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3095-3104

  Petit, Julien ^a   Giroux Metges, Marie Agnes ^b   Gioux, Maxime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0242425680     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01166.2002     Document Type: Article

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