Length-dependent twitch contractile characteristics of skeletal muscle

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 993-1000

  Rassier, Dilson E ^a   MacIntosh, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ca2+ sensitivity; Force length relation; Gastrocnemius muscle; Muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; ANIMAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036442987     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y02-127     Document Type: Article

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