Contractile properties of isolated muscle spindles of the frog

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 541, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 905-916

  Edman, K A P ^a   Radzyukevich, T ^a,b   Kronborg, B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FROG; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; RANA TEMPORARIA; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KINETICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; RANA TEMPORARIA; SARCOMERES;

EID: 0037098718     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.016220     Document Type: Article

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