Daily number and lengths of activity bursts in rabbit jaw muscles

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2209-2216

  Van Wessel, Tim ^a   Langenbach, Geerling E J ^a   Van Ruijven, Leo J ^a   Brugman, Peter ^a   Van Eijden, Theo M G J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digastric; EMG; Masseter; Motor control; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGASTRIC MUSCLE; JAW MUSCLE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEMETRY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JAW; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PERIODICITY; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18844448677     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04054.x     Document Type: Article

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