Ultrastructural changes at the myotendinous junction induced by exercise

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-239

  Kojima, Hiroshi ^a   Sakuma, Eisuke ^a   Mabuchi, Yoshio ^a   Mizutani, Jun ^a   Horiuchi, Osamu ^a   Wada, Ikuo ^a   Horiba, Mitsuya ^a   Yamashita, Yutaka ^a   Herbert, Damon C ^b   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^a   Otsuka, Takanobu ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LOWER LEG; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RUNNING; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 44849085461     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-008-1211-0     Document Type: Article

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