The influence of streptozotocin diabetes and metformin on erythrocyte volume and on the membrane potential and the contractile characteristics of the extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles in rats

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1051-1058

  McGuire, Michelle ^a   MacDermott, Mary ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; METFORMIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENDURANCE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0032732458     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-445X.1999.01916.x     Document Type: Article

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