Characterization of motor units in behaving adult mice shows a wide primary range

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 543-551

  Ritter, Laura K ^a   Tresch, Matthew C ^a,b   Heckman, C J ^b   Manuel, Marin ^c   Tysseling, Vicki M ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Electromyographic recordings; Motoneuron; Motor unit recordings; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WAKEFULNESS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BODY POSTURE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REST;

EID: 84905276212     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00108.2014     Document Type: Article

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