Effect of ageing on the regulation of motor unit force in rat medial gastrocnemius muscle

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-228

  Łochyński, Dawid ^a   Krutki, Piotr ^a   Celichowski, Jan ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Contractile output; Force frequency relationship; Impulse; Motor unit; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 39149092991     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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