Ligustrazine and the Contractile Properties of Soleus Muscle in Hindlimb-Unloaded Rats

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1049-1054

  Li, Siyuan ^a,b   Yang, Zhe ^a,b   Gao, Yunfang ^a,b   Li, Guangyue ^a,b   Wang, Huiping ^a,b   Hinghofer Szalkay, Helmut G ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ca 2+ ATPase; Disuse atrophy; Muscle function; Tail suspension; Tetramethylpyrazine

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; IMMOBILIZATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PYRAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871148158     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3249.2012     Document Type: Article

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