Aging affects passive stiffness and spindle function of the rat soleus muscle

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 301-308

  Rosant, Cédric ^a   Nagel, Marie Danielle ^a   Pérot, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Electroneurography; Immunohistochemistry; Muscle spindle; Passive incremental stiffness; Rat; Soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX, STRETCH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 33847680032     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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