Estimating relative motoneurone size in human masseter muscle

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 617-620

  Scutter, Sheila D ^a   Türker, Kemal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; MacroRep; Masseter; Motoneurones

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CELL SIZE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR NEURONS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0343674524     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(99)00146-6     Document Type: Article

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