Static and dynamic input-output relations of the feline medial gastrocnemius motoneuron-muscle system subjected to recurrent inhibition: A model study

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 264-273

  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

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

MOTONEURON; RECURRENT INHIBITION; RENSHAW CELL; TOPOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CAT; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 0345447193     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-003-0417-7     Document Type: Article

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