Firing patterns of human genioglossus motor units during voluntary tongue movement

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 933-936

  Bailey, E Fiona ^a   Rice, Amber D ^a   Fuglevand, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TONGUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SPEECH; TONGUE; VOLITION;

EID: 33846439045     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00737.2006     Document Type: Article

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