An oscillator theory of motor unit recruitment

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 97, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 351-361

  Prashanth, P S ^a   Chakravarthy, V S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Motor unit; Muscle; Neural network; Recruitment; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MUSCLE; NEURONS; PATHOLOGY;

DESYNCHRONIZED ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FORCE GENERATION; SIZE PRINCIPLE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION;

EID: 40849096531     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-007-0185-x     Document Type: Article

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