Whole-muscle and single-fibre contractile properties and myosin heavy chain isoforms in humans

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 432, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 913-920

  Harridge, S D R ^b,d   Bottinelli, R ^a   Canepari, M ^a   Pellegrino, M A ^a   Reggiani, C ^a   Esbjornsson M ^b   Saltin, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraction; Exercise; Human; Muscle; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

EID: 0029810576     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050215     Document Type: Article

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