Effects of running exercise during recovery from hindlimb unloading on soleus muscle fibers and their spinal motoneurons in rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-127

  Ishihara, Akihiko ^a   Kawano, Fuminori ^b   Ishioka, Noriaki ^c   Oishi, Hirotaka ^c   Higashibata, Akira ^c   Shimazu, Toru ^d   Ohira, Yoshinobu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Japan Space Forum ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Fiber type distribution; Hindlimb unloading; Rat; Recovery; Running exercise; Soleus muscle fiber; Spinal motoneuron; Succinate dehydrogenase activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0346671113     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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