Skeletal muscle fibre type transformation following spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 86-91

  Burnham, R ^a,b   Martin, T ^b   Stein, R ^b   Bell, G ^b   MacLean, I ^b   Steadward, R ^b  

^a GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Myosin isoforms; Skeletal muscle; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEADY STATE; TIME; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031045548     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100364     Document Type: Article

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