Measurement of contractile force of skeletal and extraocular muscles: Effects of blood supply, muscle size and in situ or in vitro preparation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-65

  Croes, Scott A ^a   von Bartheld, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Contractile force; Development; Eye muscle; Gastrocnemius muscle; In situ preparation; In vitro preparation; Nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKENS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; ISCHEMIA; MECHANICS; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSIOLOGY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34548481952     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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