Contractile properties of rat soleus motor units following 14 days of hindlimb unloading

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 432, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-319

  Leterme, Damien ^a   Falempin, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Contractile properties; Motor units; Rat; Soleus muscle; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HINDLIMB; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0029899422     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050138     Document Type: Article

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