Effect of a 17 day spaceflight on contractile properties of human soleus muscle fibres

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 516, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 915-930

  Widrick, J J ^c   Knuth, S T ^c   Norenberg, K M ^c   Romatowski, J G ^c   Bain, J L W ^a   Riley, D A ^a   Karhanek, M ^c   Trappe, S W ^b   Trappe, T A ^b   Costill, D L ^b   Fitts, R H ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; COSMONAUT; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MYOFILAMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 8913020 1/2; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-78 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ADULT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0033135334     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0915u.x     Document Type: Article

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