Intraspinal microstimulation preferentially recruits fatigue-resistant muscle fibres and generates gradual force in rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 569, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 873-884

  Bamford, J A ^a   Putman, C T ^a   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; FEMALE; INTRASPINAL MICROSTIMULATION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RECRUITMENT; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; FATIGUE RESISTANT MUSCLE FIBER; FEMORAL NERVE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CUFF; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE CUFF STIMULATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GLYCOGEN; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 29244468552     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.094516     Document Type: Article

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