Regulation of the properties of rat hind limb muscles following gravitational unloading

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-245

  Ohira, Motoko ^a   Hanada, Hagino ^a   Kawano, Fuminori ^a   Ishihara, Akihiko ^b   Nonaka, Ikuya ^c   Ohira, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrophy and growth failure; Electromyogram; Hind limb suspension; Muscle length; Protein and water contents

Indexed keywords

ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAVITY; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WATER CONTENT;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036620230     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.52.235     Document Type: Article

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