Length-dependent filament formation assessed from birefringence increases during activation of porcine tracheal muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 563, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 517-527

  Smolensky, Alexander V ^a   Ragozzino, Joseph ^a   Gilbert, Susan H ^a   Seow, Chun Y ^b   Ford, Lincoln E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE SPASM; SWINE; TIME; TRACHEA MUSCLE; VELOCITY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PIG; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOFIBRILS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 14944368957     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.079822     Document Type: Article

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