Appearance of complex branched muscle fibers is associated with a shift to slow muscle characteristics

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 108-113

  Tamaki, T ^a   Akatsuka, A ^a   Uchiyama, S ^a   Uchiyama, Y ^b   Shiraishi, T ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex branched fiber; Contractile properties; Muscle regeneration; Scanning electron microscopy; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLOW MUSCLE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BUPIVACAINE; HINDLIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031462409     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147973     Document Type: Article

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