Contractile and fatigue properties of the rat diaphragm musculature during the perinatal period

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 573-580

  Martin Caraballo, Miguel ^a   Campagnaro, Paul A ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   Greer, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal breathing; Muscle; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; EMBRYO; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033951559     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.2.573     Document Type: Article

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