The age dependent effect of partial denervation of rat fast muscles on their activity

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Tyč, François ^a,c   Sławińska, Urszula ^b   Vrbová, Gerta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

EMG activity; Extensor digitorum longus; Locomotion; Partial denervation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REST; SITTING; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0344326253     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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