Intrafusal fiber type composition of muscle spindles in the first human lumbrical muscle

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-24

  Soukup, T ^a   Pedrosa Domellof F ^b,c   Thornell, Lars Eric ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human lumbrical muscle; Muscle spindle; Myofibrillar ATPase activity; Nuclear bag fiber; Nuclear chain fiber

Indexed keywords

ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALKALI; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; HAND MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINDLE POLE BODY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HAND; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADULT; AGED; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MYOFIBRILS;

EID: 0037209217     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0601-1     Document Type: Article

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