Functional effects of uridine triphosphate on the atrophied soleus muscle of rat after unloading

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-178

  Falempin, Maurice ^a   Fodili, Soumeya ^a   Leterme, Damien ^a   Mounier, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

atrophy; mechanical and histochemical properties; rat soleus muscle; unloading; uridine triphosphate

Indexed keywords

URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HINDLIMB; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031046534     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199702)20:2<172::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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