Fatigue of rat hindlimb motor units: Biochemical-physiological associations

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 714-726

  Callister, Robert J ^a,b   Sesodia, Sanjay ^c   Enoka, Roger M ^b   Nemeth, Patti M ^c   Reinking, Robert M ^b   Stuart, Douglas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Fatique; Metabolism; Motor unit; Muscle fiber; Rat

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FATIGUE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 10044277989     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20158     Document Type: Article

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