Comparison of the firing patterns of human postganglionic sympathetic neurones and spinal α motoneurones during brief bursts

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-88

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,c   Elam, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 1642503788     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2003.002637     Document Type: Article

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