Effects of removal of weight bearing function on contractility and myosin isoform composition in single human skeletal muscle cells

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 432, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 320-328

  Larsson, Lars ^a   Li, Xiaopeng ^a   Berg, Hans E ^b   Frontera, Walter R ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Myosin; Shortening velocity; Specific tension

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BED REST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSINS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0029986228     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050139     Document Type: Article

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