Monitoring Murine Skeletal Muscle Function for Muscle Gene Therapy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 709, Issue , 2011, Pages 75-89

  Hakim, Chady H ^a   Li, Dejia ^a   Duan, Dongsheng ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentric contraction; Gene therapy; Grip strength; Skeletal muscle; Tetanic force; Treadmill; Twitch force

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE THERAPY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 79960039520     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-982-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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