Push-pull control of motor output

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4592-4599

  Johnson, Michael D ^a   Hyngstrom, Allison S ^b   Manuel, Marin ^a   Heckman, C J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84859066926     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4709-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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