Residual force enhancement after stretch of contracting frog single muscle fibers

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1982, Pages 769-784

  Edman, K A P ^a,b,c   Elzinga, G ^a,b,c   Noble, M I M ^a,b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Midhurst Medical Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; SARCOMERE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; RANA TEMPORARIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0020407001     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.80.5.769     Document Type: Article

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