Onset of rigor mortis is earlier in red muscle than in white muscle

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 240-243

  Kobayashi, M ^a   Takatori, T ^a   Nakajima, M ^a   Sakurada, K ^a   Hatanaka, K ^a   Ikegaya, H ^a   Matsuda, Y ^a   Iwase, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid paraffin; Muscle fiber types; Rats; Rigor mortis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FAST MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0033931732     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004149900100     Document Type: Article

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