Neural and/or mechanical responses of adductor longus muscle to exposure to microgravity in Wistar Hannover rats

Japanese Journal of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Ohira, Takashi ^a   Terada, Masahiro ^a   Kawano, Fuminori ^a   Nakai, Naoya ^a   Ochiai, Toshimasa ^b   Gyotoku, Jun Ichiro ^b   Ogura, Akihiko ^a   Ohira, Yoshinobu ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adductor longus muscle; Electromyogram activity; Fiber length; Gravity level; Wistar hannover rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952048164     PISSN: 03870723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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