Time-related changes of motor unit properties in the rat medial gastrocnemius muscle after the spinal cord injury. II. Effects of a spinal cord hemisection

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 532-541

  Celichowski, Jan ^a   Kryściak, Katarzyna ^a   Krutki, Piotr ^a   Majczyński, Henryk ^b   Górska, Teresa ^b   Sławińska, Urszula ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Motor units; Rat; Spinal cord hemisection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAXATION TIME; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77951133656     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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