Skeletal fiber types and spindle distribution in limb and jaw muscles of the adult and neonatal opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Anatomical Record

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 548-562

  Sciote, J J ^a   Rowlerson, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber types; Jaw closer muscles; Myosin isoforms; Opossum; Spindles

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; JAW MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; OPOSSUMS;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031819235     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199808)251:4<548::AID-AR10>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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