Muscle characteristics and altered myofascial force transmission in tenascin-X-deficient mice, a mouse model of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 986-995

  Huijing, Peter A ^a   Voermans, Nicol C ^b   Baan, Guus C ^a   Busé, Tinelies E ^a   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^b   De Haan, Arnold ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; ECM; Myopathy; Quantitative muscle function; Tenascin X

Indexed keywords

TENASCIN; TENASCIN X;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; TIME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCIATIC NERVE; TENASCIN; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78149329140     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00723.2009     Document Type: Article

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