Neuromuscular Junction (NMJ): Activity-Dependent Muscle Fiber Modulation

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 559-568

  Lomo T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine esterase; Acetylcholine receptors; Impulse pattern; Motor neuron; Motor neuron firing; Motor unit; Muscle adaptation; Muscle contraction; Muscle fiber; Muscle force regulation; Muscle stimulation; Nerve stimulation; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950858655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01267-5     Document Type: Chapter

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