Influence of muscle length on muscle atrophy in the mouse tibialis anterior and soleus muscles

Biomedical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-45

  Fujita, Naoto ^a   Fujimoto, Taro ^a   Tasaki, Hiromitsu ^b   Arakawa, Takamitsu ^a   Matsubara, Takako ^c   Miki, Akinori ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; EXERCISE; FAST MUSCLE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; SLOW MUSCLE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; ATROPHY; EDEMA; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 66749141387     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.30.39     Document Type: Article

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