Contractile properties of rat, rhesus monkey, and human type I muscle fibers

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Widrick, Jeffrey J ^a   Romatowski, Janell G ^a   Karhanek, Miloslav ^a   Fitts, Robert H ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allometric relationships; maximal shortening velocity; power; primates; three velocity relationship

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MAMMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RHESUS MONKEY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031023305     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.1.r34     Document Type: Article

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