Proportions of slow myosin heavy chain-positive fibers in muscle spindles and adjoining extrafusal fascicles, and the positioning of spindles relative to these fascicles

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-165

  Maier, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Fascicles; Intrafusal and extrafusal fiber types; Muscle spindle locations

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FASCICULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; FASCICULATION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033229840     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199911)242:2<157::AID-JMOR7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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