Prolonged relaxation after stimulation of the clasping muscle of male frog, Rana japonica, during the breeding season

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 595-601

  Ishii, Yoshiki ^a   Tsuchiya, Teizo ^b  

^a HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

amplexus; flexor carpi radialis; force and stiffness; frog; prolonged relaxation; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DRUG EFFECT; FORELIMB; FROG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; RANIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TUBOCURARINE;

ANURA; RANA JAPONICA;

EID: 77954502231     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.595     Document Type: Article

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