Effects of the infrared lamp illumination during the process of muscle fatigue in rats

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-407

  Abou Hala, Andréia Zarzour ^a   Galvão Barbosa, Daniella ^b   Labat Marcos, Rodrigo ^c   Pacheco Soares, Cristina ^a   Soares Da Silva, Newton ^a  

^a Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Fluorescência

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Infrared illumination; Muscle fatigue; Muscle tension; Tetany

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34547632146     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132007000300006     Document Type: Article

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