Immobilization effects on contractile properties of aging rat skeletal muscle

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-66

  Fisher, J S ^a   Brown, M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrophy; Contractile function; Disuse; Fiber type distribution

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0031955673     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339635     Document Type: Article

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