Myo-mechanical analysis of isolated skeletal muscle

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Oishi, Peter E ^a,b   Cholsiripunlert, Sompob ^c   Gong, Wenhui ^b   Baker, Anthony J ^b   Bernstein, Harold S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80355125354     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2582     Document Type: Article

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