Persistence of motor unit and muscle fiber types in the presence of inactivity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1041-1049

  Roy, Roland R ^a   Pierotti, David J ^b   Garfinkel, Alan ^a   Zhong, Hui ^a   Baldwin, Kenneth M ^c   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

glycerophosphate dehydrogenase; 3 D representations; Motor unit types; Myofibrillar adenosine triphosphatase; Succinate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 43049112118     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.013722     Document Type: Article

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