What does chronic electrical stimulation teach us about muscle plasticity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 666-677

  Pette, Dirk ^a   Vrbová, Gerta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic low frequency stimulation; Contractile activity; Gene expression; Muscle transformation

Indexed keywords

CELL TRANSFORMATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAST MUSCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033034939     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199906)22:6<666::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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