Muscle shortening induced by tenotomy does not reduce activity levels in rat soleus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 251-265

  Elder, Geoffrey C B ^a   Toner, Lee V ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENOTOMY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENDONS;

EID: 0032190627     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.251bf.x     Document Type: Article

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