Rigor force responses of permeabilized fibres from fast and slow skeletal muscles of aged rats

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 779-781

  Plant, David R ^a   Lynch, Gordon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fast twitch; Muscle contraction; Rigor force; Single fibres; Slow twitch

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RIGOR; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; STRONTIUM;

EID: 0035724923     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2001.03521.x     Document Type: Article

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