Paralysis of rat skeletal muscle equally affects contractile properties as does permanent denervation

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 683-695

  Buffelli, Mario ^a   Pasino, Efrem ^a   Cangiano, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030681354     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018687923929     Document Type: Article

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