Effects of creatine loading and depletion on rat skeletal muscle contraction

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 885-890

  Gagnon, M ^a   Maguire, M ^a   MacDermott, M ^a   Bradford, Aidan ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Creatine; Extensor digitorum longus; Fatigue; Isolated muscle; Sternohyoid; guanidinopropionate

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GUANIDINOPROPIONIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPLETION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; KINETICS; LIMB; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STANDARD; TETANUS;

ANIMALS; CREATINE; DIET; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036049787     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03745.x     Document Type: Article

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