Force and stiffness of old dystrophic (mdx) mouse skeletal muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 536-539

  Bobet, Jacques ^a   Mooney, Robert F ^a   Gordon, Tessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Force; Mdx mouse; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031943444     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199804)21:4<536::AID-MUS15>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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