Associations between force and fatigue in fast-twitch motor units of a cat hindlimb muscle

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 577-588

  Laouris, Y ^a,b   Bevan, L ^a,c   Reinking, R M ^a,d   Stuart, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cyprus Neurosci and Technol Inst   (Cyprus)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Catch like property; Fatigue; Force; Motor units; Size principle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 11244318390     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y04-062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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