Development of tonic firing behavior in rat soleus muscle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1899-1905

  Eken, Torsten ^a,b   Elder, Geoffrey C B ^a,c   Lømo, Terje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INNERVATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 42249092334     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00834.2007     Document Type: Article

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