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Ontogenetic, gravity-dependent development of rat soleus muscle.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 1 Apr 2001
Ohira Y, Tanaka T, Yoshinaga T, Kawano F, Nomura T, Nonaka I, Allen D L, Roy R R, Edgerton V R
Abstract excerpt
We tested the hypothesis that rat soleus muscle fiber growth and changes in myosin phenotype during the postnatal, preweaning period would be largely independent of weight bearing. The hindlimbs of one group of pups were unloaded intermittently from postnatal day 4 to day 21: the pups were isolated from the dam for 5 h during unloading and returned for nursing for 1 h. Control pups were either maintained with the...
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