Sodium channel slow inactivation and the distribution of sodium channels on skeletal muscle fibres enable the performance properties of different skeletal muscle fibre types

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Ruff, R L ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

membrane excitability; skeletal muscle fibre types; sodium channel density; sodium channel distribution

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030006021     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1996.189000.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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