The size principle: A rule describing the recruitment of motoneurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3024-3026

  Mendell, Lorne M ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

EDITORIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SCIATIC NERVE; STEREOTYPY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 19344364974     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/classicessays.00025.2005     Document Type: Editorial

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