Effects of high-frequency stimulation and doublets on dynamic contractions in rat soleus muscle exposed to normal and high extracellular [K+]

Physiological Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Pedersen, Katja K ^a   Nielsen, Ole B ^a   Overgaard, Kristian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Excitability; Power; Rate of force development

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; DECAPITATION; FATIGUE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 85008936627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.26     Document Type: Article

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