Nandrolone decanoate reduces changes induced by hindlimb suspension in voltage-dependent tension of rat soleus muscle

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-87

  Bouhlel, Aicha ^a   Joumaa, Wissam H ^a   Léoty, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroid; K+ contracture; Unweighting muscle

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; CALCIUM; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; POTASSIUM; SAPONIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NANDROLONE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAPONINS;

EID: 0041695824     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.53.77     Document Type: Article

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