Decrease in muscle contraction time complements neural maturation in the development of dynamic manipulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 15050-15055

  Dayanidhi, Sudarshan ^a   Kutch, Jason J ^a   Valero Cuevas, Francisco J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884200794     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1968-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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