Effect of ageing on the force development in tetanic contractions of motor units in rat medial gastrocnemius muscle

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 545-553

  Łochyński, Dawid ^a   Kaczmarek, Dominik ^a   Krutki, Piotr ^a   Celichowski, Jan ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Doublet; Impulse; Motor unit; Rate of force development

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TETANY; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77957293604     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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