Frequency-dependent distortion of meridional intensity changes during sinusoidal length oscillations of activated skeletal muscle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2809-2822

  Bagni, Maria Angela ^a   Colombini, Barbara ^a   Amenitsch, Heinz ^b   Bernstorff, Sigrid ^b   Ashley, Christopher Charles ^c   Rapp, Gert ^d   Griffiths, Peter John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SYNCHROTRON; TETANY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0034999079     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76248-0     Document Type: Article

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