Reflex and muscular adaptations in rat soleus muscle after hindlimb suspension

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2701-2707

  Anderson, Judith ^a   Almeida Silveira, Maria I ^a   Pérot, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Disuse; Mechanical property; Rat; Reflex; Soleus muscle; Tendon tap

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033213414     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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