Conduction velocities in amphibian skeletal muscle fibres exposed to hyperosmotic extracellular solutions

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 195-202

  Chen, Zhongbo ^a   Hothi, Sandeep S ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Huang, Christopher L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Osmolarity; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; RINGER SOLUTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPEROSTOSIS; KINETICS; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RANA ESCULENTA; VISCOSITY;

AMPHIBIA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 35748941954     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: 15732657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10974-007-9115-8     Document Type: Article

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