Size principle and information theory

<i>The Mathematical Theory of Communication</i>

Claude E. Shannon, Warren Weaver, Norbert Wiener · Physics Today · 1950 · 9.9K citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Mathematics +9

FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CELL SIZE IN SPINAL MOTONEURONS

Elwood Henneman, George G. Somjen, David O. Carpenter · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1965 · 2.3K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +10

Terminals of single Ia fibers: location, density, and distribution within a pool of 300 homonymous motoneurons.

Lorne M. Mendell, Elwood Henneman · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1971 · 563 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +13

Changes in firing rate of human motor units during linearly changing voluntary contractions

H S Milner‐Brown, R. B. Stein, R Yemm · The Journal of Physiology · 1973 · 558 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +16

Rank order of motoneurons within a pool: law of combination.

Elwood Henneman, H. Peter Clamann, John Gillies et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1974 · 496 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +11