Variations in motor unit recruitment patterns occur within and between muscles in the running rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2333-2345

  Hodson Tole, E F ^a   Wakeling, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMG; Fibre type; Frequency band analysis; Muscle; Principal component; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; RUNNING;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34447558454     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.004457     Document Type: Article

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