Estrogen and gender do not affect fatigue resistance of extensor digitorum longus muscle in rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-213

  Tiidus, P M ^a,b   Bestic, N M ^b   Tupling, R ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Extensor digitorum longus; Gender; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033020535     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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