The effects of hibernation on the contractile and biochemical properties of skeletal muscles in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2587-2594

  James, Rob S ^a   Staples, James F ^b   Brown, Jason C L ^b   Tessier, Shannon N ^c   Storey, Kenneth B ^c  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Power output; Soleus; Torpor; Work loop

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIOXIDANT; GLYCOGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL RESPIRATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER OUTPUT; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIME; TORPOR; WORK LOOP;

FATIGUE; POWER OUTPUT; SOLEUS; TORPOR; WORK LOOP;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL RESPIRATION; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HIBERNATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879535102     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.080663     Document Type: Article

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