Site and mechanics of failure in normal and dystrophin‐deficient skeletal muscle

Muscle & Nerve

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 216-223

  Law, Douglas J ^a   Tidball, James G ^a   Caputo, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

dystrophin; failure; mdx mouse; mechanics; skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; HYDROXYPROLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; COLLAGEN; DYSTROPHIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HINDLIMB; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0028894363     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880180211     Document Type: Article

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