Human skeletal muscle biopsy procedures using the modified Bergström technique

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 91, 2014, Pages

  Andrew Shanely, R ^a,b   Zwetsloot, Kevin A ^b   Travis Triplett, N ^b   Meaney, Mary Pat ^a,b   Farris, Gerard E ^c   Nieman, David C ^a,b  

^a Human Performance Laboratory North Carolina Research Campus Appalacian State University   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Fiber type; Gene function; Histology; Humans; Issue 91; Medicine; Metabolism; Metabolomics; mRNA; Needle biopsy; Percutaneous muscle biopsy; Skeletal muscle function; Suction modified

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908277932     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51812     Document Type: Article

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