Fast-twitch muscle unit properties in different rat medial gastrocnemius muscle compartments

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2243-2254

  De Ruiter, C J ^a   De Haan, A ^a   Sargeant, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029972996     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.6.2243     Document Type: Article

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