Minimal tonic firing rates of human lateral pterygoid single motor units

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-75

  Phanachet, I ^a,b   Whittle, T ^a   Wanigaratne, K ^a   Murray, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Jaw movement; Minimal tonic firing rate; Single motor unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

EID: 0347990373     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00315-8     Document Type: Article

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