Temperature-dependent changes in the viscoelasticity of intact resting mammalian (rat) fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibres

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 253-265

  Mutungi, G ^a   Ranatunga, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE; HEATING; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER; SLOW MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOELASTICITY; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ELASTICITY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAMMAL CELL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; RELAXATION TIME; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; TENSION;

EID: 0032055617     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.253br.x     Document Type: Article

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