Design and performance of an electrical stimulator for long-term contraction of cultured muscle cells

BioTechniques

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-73

  Marotta, Mario ^a   Bragós, Ramón ^b   Gómez Foix, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRODES; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE; PLATINUM;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; PLATINUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PULSE GENERATOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346024129     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/04361st01     Document Type: Article

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