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Movement is accomplished by the controlled activation of motor unit populations. Our understanding of motor unit physiology has been derived from experimental work on the properties of single motor units and from computational studies that have integrated the experimental observations into the function of motor unit populations. The article provides brief descriptions of motor unit anatomy and muscle unit properties, with more substantial reviews of motoneuron properties, motor unit recruitment and rate modulation when humans perform voluntary contractions, and the function of an entire motor unit pool. The article emphasizes the advances in knowledge on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the neuromodulation of motoneuron activity and attempts to explain the discharge characteristics of human motor units in terms of these principles. A major finding from this work has been the critical role of descending pathways from the brainstem in modulating the properties and activity of spinal motoneurons. Progress has been substantial, but significant gaps in knowledge remain. (C) 2012 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 2:2629-2682, 2012.
Keywords:
PERSISTENT INWARD CURRENTS
CAT MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS
LUMBAR SPINAL-CORD
EFFECTIVE SYNAPTIC CURRENTS
HUMAN BICEPS-BRACHII
HYPOGLOSSAL MOTONEURON EXCITABILITY
EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
AXONAL CONDUCTION-VELOCITY
FIBER-TYPE REGIONALIZATION
HUMAN SKELETAL-MUSCLE
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