Changes in the time course of potentiated and fatigued contractions of fast motor units in rat muscle

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 159-171

  Celichowski, J ^a   Pogrzebna, M ^a   Krutki, P ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TETANY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748996760     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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