Minimal shortening in a high-frequency muscle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1291-1297

  Moon, Brad R ^a   Conley, Kevin E ^b   Lindstedt, Stan L ^c   Urquhart, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cross bridge; Crotalus atrox; Elastic recoil; Muscle contraction; Rattlesnake; Tailshaker muscle

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; TAIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CROTALUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038712073     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00253     Document Type: Article

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