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Functional Isolation of Single Motor Units of Rat Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle
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Neuroscience
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JoVE Journal Neuroscience
Functional Isolation of Single Motor Units of Rat Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle
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December 26, 2020

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This method allows the recording of the force of twitch and tetanic contractions and action potentials in three types of motor units in the rat medial gastrocnemius muscle. The functional isolation of a single motor unit is induced by electrical stimulation of the axon.

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