Motor unit composition has little effect on the short-range stiffness of feline medial gastrocnemius muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 796-802

  Cui, Lei ^a   Perreault, Eric J ^a,b   Sandercock, Thomas G ^b,c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Firing rate; Passive tissues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548414058     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01451.2006     Document Type: Article

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