Skeletal muscle adaptations following spinal cord contusion injury in rat and the relationship to locomotor function: A time course study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1075-1089

  Hutchinson, Karen J ^a   Linderman, Jon K ^b   Basso, D Michele ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Myosin heavy chain; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034782507     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/08977150152693764     Document Type: Article

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