Human vastus lateralis and soleus muscles display divergent cellular contractile properties

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Luden, Nicholas ^a   Minchev, Kiril ^a   Hayes, Erik ^a   Louis, Emily ^a   Trappe, Todd ^a   Trappe, Scott ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle plasticity; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 57349093465     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90564.2008     Document Type: Article

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