Hypothyroidism in the rat results in decreased soleus motoneurone some size

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-152

  Bakels, Rob ^a   Nijenhuis, Miranda ^a   Mast, Liza ^a   Kernell, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Motoneurone; Rat; Skeletal muscle; Soma size; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THYROIDECTOMY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0032476156     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00686-7     Document Type: Article

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