Progress of age-related changes in properties of motor units in the gastrocnemius muscle of rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1357-1365

  Sugiura, Miho ^a,b   Kanda, Kenro ^a,b,c,d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Voc Sch of Acupuncture/Judo Ther   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 4143131183     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00947.2003     Document Type: Article

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