Sarcomere length measurement permits high resolution normalization of muscle fiber length in architectural studies

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3275-3279

  Felder, Amanda ^a   Ward, Samuel R ^a   Lieber, Richard L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber length; Modeling; Muscle architecture; Physiological cross sectional area; Sarcomere compliance; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HINDLIMB; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SARCOMERES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 25844495045     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01763     Document Type: Article

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