Mechanical and energy characteristics during shortening in isolated type-1 muscle fibres from Xenopus laevis studied at maximal and submaximal activation

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-150

  Buschman, H P J ^c,d   Linari, M ^b   Elzinga, G ^c   Woledge, R C ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Fast twitch muscle; Fenn effect; Force production; Heat production; Muscle energetics; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031409327     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050494     Document Type: Article

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