Ia-afferent input to motoneurons during shortening and lengthening muscle contractions in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-148

  Petersen, Nicolas T ^a   Butler, Jane E ^b   Carpenter, Mark G ^c,e   Cresswell, Andrew G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentric; Eccentric; Motor unit; Poststimulus time histogram

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846176911     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00362.2006     Document Type: Article

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