Age-related changes in contraction and relaxation of rat diaphragm

Biomedical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 337-342

  Imagita, Hidetaka ^a   Yamano, Seiko ^b   Tobimatsu, Yoshiko ^c   Miyata, Hirofumi ^c  

^a KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; RAT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIAPHRAGM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 74749087927     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.30.337     Document Type: Article

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