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The alpha-motoneurones constitute an essential element in the system of motor control. The advance of neurophysiology led to the accumulation of abundant information about their properties and functions. There is a certain lack, however, in studies related to the problem of just how the alpha-motoneurones are operating under conditions of natural motor activity, under normal physiological conditions, and particularly in man, where we have an extremely high development of the system of motor control.
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Gydikov, A., Kosarov, D. (1973). Physiological Characteristics of the Tonic and Phasic Motor Units in Human Muscles. In: Gydikov, A.A., Tankov, N.T., Kosarov, D.S. (eds) Motor Control. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4502-2_6
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