Phenotypic changes in the composition of muscular fibres in rat soleus motor units after 14 days of hindlimb unloading

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 440, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-235

  Picquet, F ^a   Canu, M H ^a   Falempin, M ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Glycogen depletion; Hindlimb unloading; Motor units; Rat; Soleus

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY WEIGHT; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034091429     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240051044     Document Type: Article

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