Burst characteristics of daily jaw muscle activity in juvenile rabbits

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2539-2547

  Van Wessel, T ^a   Langenbach, G E J ^a   Kawai, N ^b   Brugman, P ^a   Tanaka, E ^b   Van Eijden, T M G J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burst length; Burst number; Duty time; EMG; Motor control; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TELEMETRY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RABBITS; TELEMETRY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 23144460412     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01677     Document Type: Article

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