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- The double crush in nerve entrapment syndromes. (1973) (860)
- Physiological changes in ageing muscles (1973) (709)
- Electrophysiological estimation of the number of motor units within a human muscle (1971) (639)
- Extent of motor unit activation during effort. (1981) (610)
- Contractile changes in opposing muscles of the human ankle joint with aging. (1986) (580)
- Skeletal Muscle: Form and Function (1996) (384)
- Influence of joint position on ankle plantarflexion in humans. (1982) (338)
- Twitch potentiation after voluntary contraction (1983) (318)
- Potentiation of `late' responses evoked in muscles during effort (1971) (272)
- Influence of joint position on ankle dorsiflexion in humans. (1981) (262)
- Functional changes in motoneurones of hemiparetic patients (1973) (244)
- A stereotaxic atlas of the developing rat brain (1972) (202)
- Cutaneous reflexes in small muscles of the hand (1973) (192)
- Functional compensation in partially denervated muscles (1971) (180)
- "Sick" motoneurones. A unifying concept of muscle disease. (1971) (167)
- Effect of strength training upon motoneuron excitability in man. (1983) (154)
- Influence of human muscle length on fatigue. (1985) (149)
- Muscular Dystrophy: Evidence for a Neural Factor (1970) (141)
- Neuromuscular adaptation in human thenar muscles following strength training and immobilization. (1982) (138)
- M wave potentiation during and after muscle activity. (1989) (137)
- The effects of strength training in patients with selected neuromuscular disorders. (1988) (132)
- Functional and structural adaptations in skeletal muscle of trained athletes. (1988) (129)
- Fast and slow twitch units in a human muscle (1971) (123)
- Electrical signs of nervous activity (1971) (116)
- Motor unit estimations in small muscles of the hand (1974) (116)
- Human muscle power (1986) (113)
- Motor unit estimation: Anxieties and achievements (1995) (111)
- Electrophysiological study of dystrophia myotonica (1970) (110)
- Developmental apraxia arising from neonatal brachial plexus palsy (2000) (109)
- The numbers and relative sizes of motor units estimated by Computer (1991) (102)
- Human neuromuscular adaptations that accompany changes in activity. (1994) (101)
- Denervated muscle fibres in hereditary mouse dystrophy. (1967) (96)
- Analysis of evoked lumbosacral potentials in man. (1978) (95)
- An electrophysiological study of Duchenne dystrophy (1971) (95)
- Operation Everest II: neuromuscular performance under conditions of extreme simulated altitude. (1990) (89)
- A comparison of the contractile properties of the human gastrocnemius and soleus muscles (2004) (87)
- Neuromuscular Function and Disorders (1979) (85)
- Neurobiology of muscle fatigue. Advances and issues. (1995) (85)
- Control of soleus motoneuron excitability during muscle stretch in man. (1982) (83)
- The physiology of single human nerve fibres (1972) (79)
- An electrophysiological investigation of limb-girdle and facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (1971) (69)
- Oro-facial muscles: internal structure, function and ageing. (1998) (67)
- Motor unit populations in healthy and diseased muscles. (1993) (66)
- Prolongation of twitch potentiating mechanism throughout muscle fatigue and recovery (1989) (65)
- Invited review: Motor unit estimation: Methods, results, and present status (1991) (64)
- Pseudofacilitation: A misleading term (1994) (62)
- Responses of the rat dorsal column system to mechanical stimulation of the hind paw (1963) (61)
- Fast and slow twitch muscles in man. (1968) (58)
- Motoneurone disease and ageing. (1973) (58)
- Fatigue brought on by malfunction of the central and peripheral nervous systems. (1995) (57)
- Development of rat muscle during short- and long-term hindlimb suspension. (1987) (57)
- Relationship between numbers and frequencies of stimuli in human muscle fatigue. (1988) (52)
- The electrical properties of muscle fiber membranes in dystrophia myotonica and myotonia congenita. (1968) (50)
- The extent and time course of motoneuron involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1991) (48)
- Muscular dystrophy: myopathy or neuropathy? (1970) (48)
- Depletion and sizes of motor units in spinal muscular atrophy (2001) (46)
- Neuromuscular function in weight-trainers (1983) (46)
- Depression of human electromyographic activity by fatigue of a synergistic muscle (1997) (45)
- An investigation of pyramidal tract cells in the somatosensory cortex of the rat (1968) (44)
- Motoneurone dysfunction in patients with hemiplegic atrophy. (1971) (37)
- A stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the Cebus monkey (1970) (36)
- Multiple muscle analysis of motor units in muscular dystrophy. (1974) (36)
- The Neurapraxic Lesion: A Clinical Contribution to the Study of Trophic Mechanisms (1974) (35)
- Effects of age, temperature, and disease on the refractoriness of human nerve and muscle. (1978) (34)
- THE MUSCLE FIBRE (1977) (34)
- The nature of the electrophysiological disorder in adynamia episodica. (1968) (34)
- Structure and function of inhibitory neuronal mechanisms (1970) (30)
- Contrasting effects of suspension on hind limb muscles in the hamster (1984) (30)
- A method for detcting functional weakness (1983) (29)
- The absence of dystrophic characteristics in normal muscles successfully cross-reinnervated by nerves of dystrophic genotype: Physiological and cytochemical study of crossed solei of normal and dystrophic parabiotic mice (1976) (29)
- Muscle strength in boys of different ages (1973) (29)
- Functional denervation in the soleus muscle of dystrophic mice (1976) (28)
- Refractory period studies in a human neuromuscular preparation. (1978) (28)
- Incidence, severity, and time-course of motoneurone dysfunction in myotonic dystrophy: their significance for an understanding of anticipation. (1978) (27)
- Motor Unit Counting and the Caffeine Contracture Test in Malignant Hyperthermia (1977) (26)
- Denervation and reinnervation in congenital brachial palsy (1999) (26)
- Infantile centronuclear myopathy Evidence suggesting incomplete innervation (1983) (24)
- A method for detecting functional weakness. (1983) (24)
- Inhibitory pathways in the central nervous system (1970) (23)
- Longitudinal structure and innervation of two mammalian hindlimb muscles (1988) (23)
- Neuropathy in thyrotoxicosis. (1973) (22)
- Impaired potentiation of H-reflexes in patients with upper motoneurone lesions (1971) (22)
- Evidence for reversible motoneurone dysfunction in thyrotoxicosis (1974) (22)
- Transient hyperpolarization of non‐contracting muscle fibres in anaesthetized rats. (1992) (21)
- A study of the muscle twitch in the Duchenne type muscular dystrophy. (1968) (21)
- Electrical properties of muscle fibre membranes in man. (1968) (21)
- Impulse conduction velocities in human biceps brachii muscles (1983) (20)
- Motor‐Unit Estimation: The Beginning (1995) (20)
- Red-cell stability in Duchenne's syndrome. (1978) (20)
- Long-term effects of partial limb amputation in man. (1978) (20)
- The Neuromuscular System (2003) (19)
- Non-conscious choice in cutaneous backward masking. (1996) (19)
- Myasthenia gravis: evidence for a "central" defect. (1971) (19)
- Contractile properties of muscles in myotonic dystrophy. (1983) (18)
- Myotonic muscular dystrophy (1979) (17)
- Evaluation of therapeutic electrical stimulation to improve muscle strength and function in children with types II/III spinal muscular atrophy (2002) (17)
- Multiple innervation of human muscle fibers (1984) (17)
- Depth-electrographic stimulation of the human brain and behaviour (1970) (16)
- Further motor unit studies in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (1977) (15)
- Excitability of muscle fibre membranes in dystrophic mice. (1966) (15)
- A comparison of contractile properties in human arm and leg muscles (2004) (15)
- Numbers and Sizes of Human Motor Units in Health and Disease (1973) (14)
- Properties of somatosensory neurones in the human thalamus. (1970) (13)
- Galvani's Spark: The Story of the Nerve Impulse (2011) (11)
- Neural hypothesis of muscular dystrophy is flourishing (1974) (10)
- Hypothesis: Hughlings Jackson and presynaptic inhibition: is there a big picture? (2016) (10)
- Muscle shortening, response latency, and conduction velocity (1996) (10)
- Neuropathy in McArdle's syndrome. (1973) (10)
- The RULER model. Is this how the somatosensory cortex works? (1999) (10)
- Alterations in erythrocyte membrane material properties: a marker of the membrane abnormality in human and chicken muscular dystrophy. (1978) (10)
- First and last experiments in muscle mechanics (1971) (10)
- Excitability of human motoneurones during effort. (1970) (9)
- Effect of selective and nonselective beta-blockade on skeletal muscle excitability and fatiguability. (1994) (9)
- Abnormal M‐wave responses during exercise in myotonic muscular dystrophy: A Na+‐K+ pump defect? (1991) (9)
- USE AND DISUSE (1977) (9)
- Some properties of pyramidal tract cells in the rat somatosensory cortex. (1967) (8)
- Electrophysiologic features of muscle regeneration (1981) (8)
- Speculations surrounding a spinal reflex (2006) (8)
- The scientific contributions of Brenda Bigland-Ritchie. (1995) (8)
- Tendon Reflexes Elicited using a Computer Controlled Linear Motor Tendon Hammer (2006) (7)
- Patterns of Motoneuron Dysfunction and Recovery (1975) (7)
- Neuromuscular function in limb girdle dystrophy. (1985) (7)
- Physiologic and histologic features of muscle development in the hamster (1984) (7)
- Physiological changes in ageing muscles ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS (7)
- Evaluation of therapeutic electrical stimulation to improve muscle strength and function in children with types II/III spinal muscular atrophy. (2002) (6)
- Neural and neuromuscular aspects of muscle fatigue: An introduction (1996) (6)
- Comprar Galvani's Spark The Story of the Nerve Impulse | Alan McComas | 9780199751754 | Oxford University Press (2011) (6)
- The sick motoneurone hypothesis of muscular dystrophy (1988) (6)
- Neurogenic Origin of Talipes Equinovarus (1994) (6)
- Absence of fibrillation after muscle injury (1983) (5)
- Release of neural transmitter substances (1970) (5)
- Effects of impulse blockade on the contractile properties of rat skeletal muscle. (1987) (5)
- Physiological Estimates of the Numbers and Sizes of Motor Units in Man (1973) (5)
- RESTING AND ACTION POTENTIALS (1977) (5)
- Touch dome properties as a function of age (1984) (4)
- Cutaneous reflexes insmall muscles ofthehand (1973) (4)
- 3-09-06 Cognitive function and congenital brachial palsy (1997) (4)
- Cortical spreading depression in migraine-time to reconsider? (2015) (4)
- properties of somatosensory cells in the human thalamus. (1971) (4)
- Soleus motoneurone excitability in man: an indirect approach for obtaining quantitative data. (1979) (4)
- TRANS-SYNAPTIC MOTONEURONE DEGENERATION (1977) (4)
- Loss of twitch torque following muscle compression (1997) (4)
- Properties of motor units in normal and partly denervated human muscles. (1971) (4)
- An electrophysiological study of dystrophia myotonica. (1970) (4)
- Therapeutic transcranial magnetic stimulation in migraine and its implications for a neuroinflammatory hypothesis (2009) (3)
- MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND OTHER INHERITED DISEASES OF SKELETAL MUSCLE IN ANIMALS Edited by J.B. Harris. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 317, 716p. 1979 U.S. $80.00. (1979) (3)
- Distal dysfunction and recovery in ulnar neuropathy (1996) (3)
- Single Motor Unit Twitches in Man (1973) (3)
- Chapter 6 – MOTOR UNITS (1977) (3)
- Effects of vincristine sulfate on touch dome function in the rat (1984) (3)
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Migraine: A New Therapy and New Insights into Pathogenesis. (2016) (3)
- Restoration of functional continuity in dystrophic murine muscle after crushing (1983) (3)
- Potentiated H-reflexes in healthy and hemiplegic subjects. (1972) (3)
- FAMILIAL PERIODIC PARALYSIS (1977) (3)
- THE DOUBLE CRUSH SYNDROME (1977) (3)
- Comparisons of motor unit populations in disease. (1973) (3)
- THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION (1977) (3)
- Section IReview of MUNE over 30 years (2003) (2)
- Electricity Works (2019) (2)
- The World of Touch – From Evoked Potentials to Conscious Perception (1999) (2)
- Indirect estimation of e.p.s.p.s in human soleus motoneurones [proceedings]. (1979) (2)
- The basis of motor control (integrating the activity of muscles, alpha and gamma motoneurons and their leading control systems) (1973) (2)
- Effects ofage,temperature, anddisease on the refractoriness ofhumannerveandmuscle1 (1978) (2)
- Central nervous system effects of limb amputation in man (1978) (2)
- Can cross‐talk occur in human myelinated nerve fibers? (2016) (2)
- Limited plasticity of human muscle (1996) (2)
- EXERCISE AND FATIGUE (1977) (2)
- Three novel electrophysiologic tests for patients with muscle weakness. (1987) (2)
- The Squid Giant Axon (2011) (1)
- MYOPATHIES: THE NEUROGENIC HYPOTHESIS (1974) (1)
- Containing the contents. (1998) (1)
- Chapter 14 – MYOTONIA (1977) (1)
- Quantitative input-output relationships between human soleus muscle spindle afferents and motoneurons. (2018) (1)
- Chapter 18 – MYASTHENIA GRAVIS (1977) (1)
- The Migraine Aura: A Problem for Vision Theory? (2016) (1)
- Transneuronal Degeneration as Basic Mechanism of Muscular Atrophy of Central Origin (Reply) (1972) (1)
- NEUROPATHIC AND MYOPATHIC DISORDERS: SICK MOTONEURONE HYPOTHESIS (1977) (1)
- Effect of vincristine sulphate on touch dome function [proceedings]. (1980) (1)
- Chapter 12 – AGEING (1977) (1)
- CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES OF THE HUMAN TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE (1983) (1)
- THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES (1977) (1)
- Invertebrate nervous systems. Their significance for mammalian neurophysiology (1968) (1)
- Letters to the editor (0)
- The Giant Axon Impaled (2011) (0)
- INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF MUSCLE FIBRE MEMBRANES (1977) (0)
- INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS (1977) (0)
- INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF MUSCLE FIBRE CONTENTS (1977) (0)
- Magnetic stimulation for acute migraine headache. What is being stimulated? (2023) (0)
- Continuing the Synthesis (2019) (0)
- Aranzio's Seahorse and the Search for Memory and Consciousness (2022) (0)
- MUNE in ALS: natural history and implications (2003) (0)
- Single Units and Grandmother Cells (2019) (0)
- Who Else Is Conscious? (2019) (0)
- Letter: Myopathies: the neurogenic hypothesis. (1974) (0)
- Chapter 28 – CONCLUSIONS (1977) (0)
- Mapping the Brain (2019) (0)
- 455: CENTRAL FACTORS IN HUMAN FATIGUE (1987) (0)
- Sherrington's Loom (2019) (0)
- Current research in neurosciences. A volume commemorating the 50th anniversary of the graduation of Ernest A. Spiegel (1971) (0)
- Motor unit types, recruitment and plasticity in health and disease. By J. E. Desmedt, 416 pp, S. Karger, Basel, Switzerland, 1981 (1982) (0)
- MUNE in prior poliomyelitis and spinal muscular atrophy (2003) (0)
- Chapter 11 – MUSCLE GROWTH (1977) (0)
- Awaking the Cortex (2019) (0)
- The Voltage Clamp (2011) (0)
- Groundwork: Cellular Events (2019) (0)
- Myotonic Goats and Migraines (2011) (0)
- WALLERIAN DEGENERATION AND FIBRE REGENERATION (1977) (0)
- Chapter 24 – MOTONEURONE DEGENERATION (1977) (0)
- The Anatomist’s Eye (2011) (0)
- fibre membranes in man . Electrical properties of muscle (0)
- Anelectrophysiolog ical investigation oflimb- girdle andfacioscapulohumeral dystrophy (1971) (0)
- DEMYELINATION AND REMYELINATION (1977) (0)
- Chapter 5 – MUSCLE CONTRACTION (1977) (0)
- chapter 2 – The neuromuscular system (2003) (0)
- PSEUDOMYASTHENIC SYNDROMES AND OTHER SYNAPTIC DEFECTS (1977) (0)
- M-WAVE POTENTIATION DURING VOLUNTARY MUSCULAR ACTIVITY: 396 (1980) (0)
- THE MOTONEURONE AND ITS AXON (1977) (0)
- Central nervous effects of limb amputation in man A. McComas, R. Sica and S. Banerjee, Nature (Lond.), 271 (1978) 73–74 (1979) (0)
- Chapter 22 – NERVE COMPRESSION (1977) (0)
- The Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (2011) (0)
- MUNE in the electrodiagnostic clinic (2003) (0)
- Negating and Affirming Spirit Through Language: The Integration of Character, Magic, and Story in The Lord of the Rings : Part II (1993) (0)
- More on Gnostic Units and Cortical Columns (2019) (0)
- The Swinging Gate (2011) (0)
- Making Sense of the Senses (2019) (0)
- Concepts, Conferences, and Controversies (2019) (0)
- More Triumphs with Microelectrodes (2011) (0)
- TOXIC AND METABOLIC NEUROPATHIES (1977) (0)
- POLYMYOSITIS, MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA AND OTHER MYOPATHIES (1977) (0)
- Looking to the Future (2019) (0)
- The Single Ion Channel (2011) (0)
- Muscle: The New Physiology (2011) (0)
- TROPHIC INTERACTIONS OF NERVE AND MUSCLE: DENERVATION AND REINNERVATION (1977) (0)
- INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF NERVE FIBRES (1977) (0)
- Basic ideas in neurophysiology (1968) (0)
- Neuromuscular reaction to paired stimuli. (1983) (0)
- Sensory processes Vol. 1, number 1 (June 1976), pp. 1–98, editor: L. E. Marks, publisher: Academic Press, New York, London, subscription price: US$ 35.00 (in U.S.A.), US$ 38.00 (outside U.S.A.) plus postage, 4 issues per year (1977) (0)
- [Resting potentials of normal and dystrophic mouse muscle]. (1969) (0)
- Chapter 10 Motor unit estimates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2002) (0)
- Trophic functions of the neuron. IV. Clinical disorders of trophic functions muscular dystrophy? Sick motoneurons and muscle disease. (1974) (0)
- TROPHIC INFLUENCE OF MUSCLE ON NERVE (1977) (0)
- Definition and the Mind–Body Problem (2019) (0)
- 164: OPERATION EVEREST II (1987) (0)
- Cambridge, 1904: The Engineer (2011) (0)
- Readings in neurophysiology (1970) (0)
- Chapter 9 Basic mechanisms of muscle fatigue in humans (2002) (0)
- INTRODUCTION TO DISORDERS OF MOTONEURONES (1977) (0)
- Reflections on motor unit number estimation (2015) (0)
- [Skin relexes of small muscles of the hand]. (1974) (0)
- A stereotaxic atlas of the Java monkey brain (Macaca irus) (1969) (0)
- The War Years (2011) (0)
- Excitation and Inhibition (2011) (0)
- Plan of the Book (2019) (0)
- REVERSIBLE MOTONEURONE DYSFUNCTION IN THYROTOXICOSIS (1977) (0)
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