Prolonged Firing in Motor Units: Evidence of Plateau Potentials in Human Motoneurons?

Behaviour of human motor units in different muscles during linearly varying contractions

1982 • 717 citations

Bistability of alpha‐motoneurones in the decerebrate cat and in the acute spinal cat after intravenous 5‐hydroxytryptophan.

1988 • 704 citations

Changes in firing rate of human motor units during linearly changing voluntary contractions

1973 • 547 citations

Serotonin‐induced bistability of turtle motoneurones caused by a nifedipine‐sensitive calcium plateau potential.

1989 • 465 citations

Ca++ dependent bistability induced by serotonin in spinal motoneurons

1985 • 336 citations

Calcium conductance and firing properties of spinal motoneurones in the turtle.

1988 • 281 citations

Properties of a persistent inward current in normal and TEA-injected motoneurons

1980 • 280 citations

Plateau potentials in alpha‐motoneurones induced by intravenous injection of L‐dopa and clonidine in the spinal cat.

1988 • 229 citations

Tonic and phasic spinal cord mechanisms in man

1966 • 226 citations

Role of a persistent inward current in motoneuron bursting during spinal seizures.

1980 • 220 citations

Maintained changes in motoneuronal excitability by short‐lasting synaptic inputs in the decerebrate cat.

1988 • 196 citations

Plateau potentials and active integration in the ‘final common pathway’ for motor behaviour

1991 • 195 citations

Compartmental Model of Vertebrate Motoneurons for Ca²⁺-Dependent Spiking and Plateau Potentials Under Pharmacological Treatment

1997 • 186 citations

Repetitive doublets in human flexor carpi radialis muscle.

1983 • 147 citations

Voltage- and time-dependent chloride currents in chick skeletal muscle cells grown in tissue culture

1989 • 120 citations

The Effect of Muscle Vibration in Normal Man and in Patients with Motor Disorders

2015 • 111 citations

Bistable firing properties of soleus motor units in unrestrained rats

1989 • 104 citations

Neuromodulation of vertebrate motor neuron membrane properties

1992 • 99 citations

Effects of barium on cat spinal motoneurons studied by voltage clamp

1980 • 97 citations

Motor neuron ‘bistability’: A pathogenetic mechanism for cramps and myokymia

1994 • 93 citations

A minimal, compartmental model for a dendritic origin of bistability of motoneuron firing patterns

1995 • 80 citations

The effect of muscle length on motor unit discharge characteristics in human tibialis anterior muscle

1991 • 76 citations

Behaviour of motor units of human arm muscles: differences between slow isometric contraction and relaxation.

1985 • 72 citations

Single unit retrieval in microneurography: a microprocessor-based device controlled by an operator

1988 • 72 citations

Special cellular and synaptic mechanisms in motor pattern generation

1988 • 53 citations

CONTRIBUTION OF POLYSYNAPTIC PATHWAYS TO THE TONIC VIBRATION REFLEX

1972 • 46 citations

Comparison of fluctuations of motor unit recruitment and de-recruitment thresholds in man

1993 • 43 citations

After-potentials and control of repetitive firing in human motoneurones

1992 • 42 citations

Selective depletion of spinal monoamines changes the rat soleus EMG from a tonic to a more phasic pattern.

1996 • 42 citations

Motoneuron activation by low intensity tetanic stimulation of muscle afferents in man

1967 • 36 citations

Cramps: A sign of motoneurone ‘bistability’ in a human patient

1991 • 27 citations

Enhancement by serotonin of tonic vibration and stretch reflexes in the decerebrate cat

1986 • 26 citations

Cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage

1987 • 20 citations

The fusimotor innervation of muscle spindle endings in man

1978 • 4 citations