Contractile responses of the rat gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to isotonic resistance exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2322-2332

  Norenberg, K M ^a   Fitts, R H ^a,b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Single fiber physiology; Weight training

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOTONIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXERTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 9244238161     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00955.2003     Document Type: Article

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