Force-frequency and force-length properties in skeletal muscle following unilateral focal ischaemic insult in a rat model

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-239

  Dormer, G N ^a   Teskey, G C ^a   MacIntosh, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular attack; Disuse; Length dependence of force; Muscular fatigue; Stroke; Tetanic fade

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; STROKE;

EID: 70350492080     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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