A gap isolation method to investigate electrical and mechanical properties of fully contracting skeletal muscle fibers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 924-931

  Kim, Albert M ^a   DiFranco, Marino ^a,b   Vergara, Julio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TENDON; TETANY;

ANURA;

EID: 0029757162     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79296-2     Document Type: Article

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