Prevention of muscle disuse atrophy by low-frequency electrical stimulation in rats

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-226

  Salter, Anne Caroline Dupont ^a,b   Richmond, Frances J R ^b   Loeb, Gerald E ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Disuse; Electrical stimulation; Rats

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMEDIATION;

NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (NMS);

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHOCREATINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRODOTOXIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141621098     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2003.817674     Document Type: Article

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