Mechanical properties of rat soleus after long-term spinal cord transection

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1487-1497

  Talmadge, Robert J ^a   Roy, Roland R ^b   Caiozzo, Vincent J ^c   Reggie Edgerton, V ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Contractile function; Fatigue; Myosin heavy chain; Paralysis; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAXATION TIME; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TETANIC SPASM; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036784999     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00053.2002     Document Type: Article

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