Length changes of the cat soleus muscle under frequency-modulated distributed stimulation of efferents in isotony

Neuroscience

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 943-955

  Kostyukov, A I ^a   Korchak, O E ^a  

^a BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Motor control; Movement dependent after effects; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HYSTERESIS; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0342762058     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00105-X     Document Type: Article

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