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56 relations: Action potential, Alkali, Alpha motor neuron, Axon terminal, Biceps, Biochemistry, Brachioradialis, Charles Scott Sherrington, Dorsal interossei of the hand, Electrode, Electrodiagnostic medicine, Electromyography, Embryo, Excitatory postsynaptic potential, Extraocular muscles, Gastrocnemius muscle, Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, Henneman's size principle, Immunohistochemistry, Inhibitory postsynaptic potential, Invertebrate, Isometric exercise, Motor neuron, Motor pool (neuroscience), Motor unit number estimation, Motor unit recruitment, Muscle, Muscle contraction, MYH1, MYH10, MYH11, MYH13, MYH14, MYH15, MYH16 gene, MYH2, MYH3, MYH4, MYH6, MYH7, MYH7B, MYH8, MYH9, Myopathy, Myosin, Neural coding, Peripheral neuropathy, Physiology, Polymorphism (biology), Skeletal muscle, ..., Succinate dehydrogenase, Tetanic contraction, Thigh, Tibialis anterior muscle, Vertebrate, Weakness. Expand index (6 more) »
Action potential
In physiology, an action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific axon location rapidly rises and falls: this depolarisation then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarise.
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Alkali
In chemistry, an alkali (from Arabic: al-qaly “ashes of the saltwort”) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chemical element.
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Alpha motor neuron
Alpha (α) motor neurons (also called alpha motoneurons), are large, multipolar lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord.
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Axon terminal
Axon terminals (also called synaptic boutons or terminal boutons) are distal terminations of the telodendria (branches) of an axon.
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Biceps
The biceps, also biceps brachii is a two-headed muscle that lies on the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow.
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Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.
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Brachioradialis
The brachioradialis is a muscle of the forearm that flexes the forearm at the elbow.
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Charles Scott Sherrington
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (27 November 1857 – 4 March 1952) was an English neurophysiologist, histologist, bacteriologist, and a pathologist, Nobel laureate and president of the Royal Society in the early 1920s.
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Dorsal interossei of the hand
In human anatomy, the dorsal interossei (DI) are four muscles in the back of the hand that act to abduct (spread) the index, middle, and ring fingers away from hand's midline (ray of middle finger) and assist in flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extension at the interphalangeal joints of the index, middle and ring fingers.
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Electrode
An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).
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Electrodiagnostic medicine
Electrodiagnosis (EDX) is a method of medical diagnosis that obtains information about diseases by passively recording the electrical activity of body parts (that is, their natural electrophysiology) or by measuring their response to external electrical stimuli (evoked potentials).
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Electromyography
Electromyography (EMG) is an electrodiagnostic medicine technique for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles.
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Embryo
An embryo is an early stage of development of a multicellular diploid eukaryotic organism.
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Excitatory postsynaptic potential
In neuroscience, an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) is a postsynaptic potential that makes the postsynaptic neuron more likely to fire an action potential.
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Extraocular muscles
The extraocular muscles are the six muscles that control movement of the eye and one muscle that controls eyelid elevation (levator palpebrae).
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Gastrocnemius muscle
The gastrocnemius muscle (plural gastrocnemii) is a superficial two-headed muscle that is in the back part of the lower leg of humans.
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Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (abbreviated as GAPDH or less commonly as G3PDH) is an enzyme of ~37kDa that catalyzes the sixth step of glycolysis and thus serves to break down glucose for energy and carbon molecules.
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Henneman's size principle
Henneman’s size principle states that under load, motor units are recruited from smallest to largest.
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Immunohistochemistry
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) involves the process of selectively imaging antigens (proteins) in cells of a tissue section by exploiting the principle of antibodies binding specifically to antigens in biological tissues.
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Inhibitory postsynaptic potential
An inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) is a kind of synaptic potential that makes a postsynaptic neuron less likely to generate an action potential.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.
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Isometric exercise
Isometric exercise or isometrics are a type of strength training in which the joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction (compared to concentric or eccentric contractions, called dynamic/isotonic movements).
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Motor neuron
A motor neuron (or motoneuron) is a neuron whose cell body is located in the motor cortex, brainstem or the spinal cord, and whose axon (fiber) projects to the spinal cord or outside of the spinal cord to directly or indirectly control effector organs, mainly muscles and glands.
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Motor pool (neuroscience)
A motor pool consists of all individual motor neurons that innervate a single muscle.
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Motor unit number estimation
Motor Unit Number Estimation (MUNE) is a technique that uses electromyography to estimate the number of motor units in a muscle.
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Motor unit recruitment
Motor unit recruitment refers to the activation of additional motor units to accomplish an increase in contractile strength in a muscle.
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Muscle
Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals.
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Muscle contraction
Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle fibers.
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MYH1
Myosin-1, also known as 'striated muscle myosin heavy chain 1', is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH1 gene.
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MYH10
Myosin-10 also known as myosin heavy chain 10 or non-muscle myosin IIB (NM-IIB) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH10 gene.
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MYH11
Myosin-11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH11 gene.
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MYH13
Myosin-13 also known as myosin, heavy chain 13 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MYH13 gene.
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MYH14
Myosin-14 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH14 gene.
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MYH15
Myosin-15 also known as myosin, heavy chain 15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH15 gene.
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MYH16 gene
The MYH16 gene encodes a protein called myosin heavy chain 16 which is a muscle protein in mammals.
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MYH2
Myosin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH2 gene.
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MYH3
Myosin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH3 gene.
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MYH4
Myosin-4 also known as myosin, heavy chain 4 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MYH4 gene.
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MYH6
Myosin heavy chain, α isoform (MHC-α) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH6 gene.
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MYH7
MYH7 is a gene encoding a myosin heavy chain beta (MHC-β) isoform (slow twitch) expressed primarily in the heart, but also in skeletal muscles (type I fibers).
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MYH7B
Myosin-7B also known as myosin, heavy chain 7B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH7B gene.
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MYH8
Myosin-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH8 gene.
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MYH9
Myosin-9 also known as myosin, heavy chain 9, non-muscle or non-muscle myosin heavy chain IIa (NMMHC-IIA) is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MYH9 gene.
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Myopathy
Myopathy is a disease of the muscle in which the muscle fibers do not function properly.
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Myosin
Myosins are a superfamily of motor proteins best known for their roles in muscle contraction and in a wide range of other motility processes in eukaryotes.
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Neural coding
Neural coding is a neuroscience field concerned with characterising the hypothetical relationship between the stimulus and the individual or ensemble neuronal responses and the relationship among the electrical activity of the neurons in the ensemble.
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Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is damage to or disease affecting nerves, which may impair sensation, movement, gland or organ function, or other aspects of health, depending on the type of nerve affected.
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Physiology
Physiology is the scientific study of normal mechanisms, and their interactions, which work within a living system.
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Polymorphism (biology)
Polymorphism in biology and zoology is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population of a species.
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Skeletal muscle
Skeletal muscle is one of three major muscle types, the others being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.
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Succinate dehydrogenase
Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) or succinate-coenzyme Q reductase (SQR) or respiratory Complex II is an enzyme complex, found in many bacterial cells and in the inner mitochondrial membrane of eukaryotes.
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Tetanic contraction
A tetanic contraction (also called tetanized state, tetanus, or physiologic tetanus, the latter to differentiate from the disease called tetanus) is a sustained muscle contraction evoked when the motor nerve that innervates a skeletal muscle emits action potentials at a very high rate.
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Thigh
In human anatomy, the thigh is the area between the hip (pelvis) and the knee.
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Tibialis anterior muscle
The tibialis anterior is a muscle in humans that originates in the upper two-thirds of the lateral (outside) surface of the tibia and inserts into the medial cuneiform and first metatarsal bones of the foot.
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Vertebrate
Vertebrates comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata (chordates with backbones).
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Weakness
Weakness or asthenia is a symptom of a number of different conditions.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_unit
