Population
16 motor units in extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus (SOL) muscles of freely moving adult rats
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Animal data on stimulus summation for force should not change practice; extends understanding of EDL motor unit matching in rodents.
The natural firing pattern of EDL-1 units and the contractile properties of EDL muscle fibres are normally matched to allow force to develop at maximum rate to maximum levels at the start of contractions.
Hennig et al. (1987) studied this question.
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