Threshold properties of single motor units in superior head of human lateral pterygoid muscle

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 552-561

  Bhutada, Manish Kumar ^a   Phanachet, Intira ^a   Whittle, Terry ^a   Wanigaratne, Kamal ^a   Peck, Christopher C ^a   Murray, Greg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Electromyography; Jaw movement; Lateral pterygoid muscle; Single motor units

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MANDIBLE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147147626     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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