Infrared thermography of bullfrog skeletal muscle at rest and during an isometric tetanus

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 477-482

  Kobayashi, Takakazu ^a   Shimo, Makoto ^a   Sugi, Haruo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infrared detector; Infrared thermography; Isometric tetanus; Muscle energetics; Muscle heat production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BULLFROG; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032419182     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.48.477     Document Type: Article

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