Age-related increases in diaphragmatic maximal shortening velocity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 445-451

  Powers, Scott K ^a   Criswell, David ^a   Herb, Robert A ^a   Demirel, Haydar ^a   Dodd, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; myosin adenosinetriphosphatase activity; myosin isoforms; respiratory muscles; skeletal muscle; specific tension

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TETANY;

EID: 0030043904     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.2.445     Document Type: Article

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