The effects of repeated active stretches on tension generation and myoplasmic calcium in frog single muscle fibres

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 497, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 665-674

  Morgan, D L ^b   Claflin, D R ^a   Julian, F J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; NITRATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANY;

EID: 0030450354     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021798     Document Type: Article

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