Functional consequences of motor unit recruitment order reversals following spinal cord transection in cat

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 25-35

  Durkovic, Russell G ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Motor unit; Recruitment order; Spinal reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR REFLEX; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STANDING; STIMULUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ABDOMINAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33746346780     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220600700891     Document Type: Article

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