Properties of medial gastrocnemius motor units and muscle fibers reinnervated by embryonic ventral spinal cord cells

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-31

  Thomas, Christine K ^a   Sesodia, Sanjay ^b   Erb, Daniel E ^c   Grumbles, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Embryonic ventral spinal cord; Glycogen depletion; Muscle denervation; Muscle fiber types; Muscle reinnervation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

AMPUTATION STUMP; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERAGE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0037349834     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(02)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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