Length dependence of staircase potentiation: Interactions with caffeine and dantrolene sodium

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 350-357

  Rassier, Dilson E ^a,b   MacIntosh, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Muscle activation; Muscle length; Skeletal muscle; Twitch

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DANTROLENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0034011146     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y99-143     Document Type: Article

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