The motoneurone and its muscle fibres

The motoneurone and its muscle fibres / Daniel Kernell.

Presenting a summary of knowledge concerning the motoneurones, vital for innervating and commanding skeletal muscles, this book deals with both, summarising classical knowledge concerning the motoneurone and its muscle fibres. It discusses various aspects of this subject.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kernell, Daniel
Corporate Author: Electronic Book Collection
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Monographs of the Physiological Society ; no. 50.
Subjects:
Motor neurons.
Myoneural junction.
Striated muscle.
Motor neurons
Myoneural junction
Striated muscle
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Table of Contents:
  • Why bother about motoneurones?
  • Basic neuromuscular properties
  • Muscle unit properties and specializations
  • Neuromuscular transmission
  • Motoneurones : morphology, cytology, and topographical organization
  • Motoneurones : electrophysiology
  • Motoneurones : synaptic control
  • Motoneurone populations and the gradation of muscle force
  • Short-term plasticity : fatigue and potentiation
  • Denervation and reinnervation
  • Long-term plasticity
  • Genetic specification and lifespan development.

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