An MR-compatible device for the in situ assessment of isometric contractile performance of mouse hind-limb ankle flexors

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 447, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-375

  Drost, Maarten R ^a   Heemskerk, Anneriet M ^b   Strijkers, Gustav J ^b   Dekkers, Erwin C ^b   Van Kranenburg, Gerrit ^a   Nicolay, Klaas ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle flexors; Dynamometer; Magnetic resonance; Mouse; Muscle; Torque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTRODE; EXERCISE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0442307704     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1181-1     Document Type: Article

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