Decreased thin filament density and length in human atrophic soleus muscle fibers after spaceflight

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 567-572

  Riley, Danny A ^a   Bain, James L W ^a   Thompson, Joyce L ^a   Fitts, Robert H ^b   Widrick, Jeffrey J ^b   Trappe, Scott W ^c   Trappe, Todd A ^c   Costill, David L ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Electron microscopy; Myofilaments; Skeletal muscle; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOFILAMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; THIN FILAMENT;

EID: 0033974488     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.2.567     Document Type: Article

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