Distribution of rest periods between electrically generated contractions in denervated muscles of rats

Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 432-435

  Dow, Douglas E ^a   Faulkner, John A ^a   Dennis, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Contractility; Depolarization; Extensor digitorum longus; Workset

Indexed keywords

RATS;

ACTIVITY; CONSTANT INTERVALS; CONTRACTILITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS; MASS FORCE; MAXIMUM FORCES; MUSCLE MASS; REST PERIODS; STIMULATION PROTOCOLS; WORKSET;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT STRAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REST;

EID: 24944565398     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2005.29086.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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