Passive stiffness is increased in soleus muscle of desmin knockout mouse

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1090-1092

  Anderson, Judith ^a   Li, Zhenlin ^b   Goubel, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Desmin; Mouse; Passive stiffness; Relaxation test; Soleus

Indexed keywords

DESMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DESMIN; ELASTICITY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0034947560     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1115     Document Type: Article

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