The visco-elasticity of resting intact mammalian (rat) fast muscle fibres

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-364

  Mutungi, G ^a   Ranatunga, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029900352     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00240933     Document Type: Article

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