Comparative analysis of motor unit action potentials of the medial gastrocnemius muscle in cats and rats

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 732-740

  Krutki, Piotr ^a   Ciechanowicz, Iwona ^a   Celichowski, Jan ^a   Cywińska Wasilewska, Grazyna ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cat; EMG; Interspecies differences; Motor unit action potential; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50649107497     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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