Electromyographic and contractile properties of rabbit masseter motor units during fatiguing stimulation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-106

  Kwa, S H S ^a,c   Weijs, W A ^b   Eijden, T M G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Fatigue; Masseter; Motor units properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAST MUSCLE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0345701431     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1338-8     Document Type: Article

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