Effects of inactivity on myosin heavy chain composition and size of rat soleus fibers

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-389

  Grossman, Elena J ^a   Roy, Roland R ^b   Talmadge, Robert J ^a   Zhong, Hui ^b   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Fiber cross sectional area; Fiber type composition; Neuromuscular activity; Spinal cord isolation

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CATS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0031905779     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199803)21:3<375::AID-MUS12>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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