Enzyme-histochemical and morphological characteristics of fast- and slow-twitch skeletal muscle after brain infarction in the rat

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 14-20

  Ansved, Tor ^a   Ohlsson, Anna Lena ^b   Jakobsson, Finnbogi ^a   Johansson, Barbro B ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cerebral infarction; extensor digitorum longus; muscle fibre type; skeletal muscle; soleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030447305     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00220-1     Document Type: Article

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