Fast-to-slow transformation in stimulated rat muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1469-1475

  Jarvis, Jonathan C ^a   Mokrusch, Thomas ^a   Kwende, Martin M N ^a   Sutherland, Hazel ^a   Salmons, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic stimulation; fiber type transformation; muscle; rat

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HINDLIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; THYROID HORMONES; TIME FACTORS; TOES;

EID: 0029820836     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199611)19:11<1469::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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