The pattern of stimulation influences the amount of oscillatory work done by frog muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 494, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 279-285

  Don Stevens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARTORIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 8944254246     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021490     Document Type: Article

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