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The motor unit, i. e. the nerve and the muscle fibers that it supplies, is the functional unit of movement, being the smallest unit of force which is controlled by synaptic drive in the central nervous system. Normally, any movement involves the progressive recruitment of motor units in the appropriate muscles with the force of each muscle unit being controlled by modulating the firing rate of the unit [16, 17, 26].
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Gordon, T. (1994). To What Extent Can Poor Functional Recovery of Denervated Muscles Be Attributed to Incomplete as Opposed to Inappropriate Reinnervation After Surgical Repair of Severed Nerves?. In: Stennert, E.R., Kreutzberg, G.W., Michel, O., Jungehülsing, M. (eds) The Facial Nerve. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85090-5_5
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