Evidence of self-sustained motoneuron firing in young and older adults

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-31

  Kamen, Gary ^a,b   Sullivan, Ryan ^a   Rubinstein, Scott ^a   Christie, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b AAHPERD   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Motor unit; Plateau potentials; Tibialis anterior; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 29144504077     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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