Size and myosin heavy chain profiles of rat hindlimb extensor muscle fibers after 2 weeks at 2G

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 854-858

  Roy, R R ^a,c   Roy, M E ^a   Talmadge, R J ^a   Mendoza, R ^a   Grindeland, R E ^b   Vasques, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAVITY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0029784595     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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