Common input to different regions of biceps brachii long head

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-359

  Barry, Benjamin K ^a,b,c   Pascoe, Michael A ^a   Riek, Stephan ^b   Carson, Richard G ^b   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization; Elbow flexors; Motor unit; Recruitment; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRODE; FEMUR HEAD; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 62949092165     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1631-2     Document Type: Article

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