Electromechanical stimulation ameliorates inactivity-induced adaptations in the medial gastrocnemius of adult rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 195-205

  Kim, Soo J ^a   Roy, Roland R ^a   Zhong, Hui ^a   Suzuki, Hideki ^b   Ambartsumyan, Lusine ^a   Haddad, Fadia ^c   Baldwin, Kenneth M ^c   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; In situ mechanical properties; Myosin heavy chain isoforms; Spinal cord isolation

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34447627540     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01427.2006     Document Type: Article

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