Article
[Effect of deafferentation on the size and myosin phenotype of muscle fibers during stretching of rat m. soleus and gravitational unloading].
Rossiiskii fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova - 1 Mar 2003
Nemirovskaia T L, Shenkman B S, Mukhina A M, Volodkovich Ia Iu, Saiapina M M, Brattseva E V, Larina O M
Abstract excerpt
The study was purposed to evaluate the contribution of the reflectory and local components during the chronic stretch of the postural muscle to the attenuation of the unloading-induced fiber size reduction and changes in the myosin heavy chain (MHC) profile. The surgical unilateral deafferentation (dorsal rhizotomy) was used. It was shown that unilateral deafferentation didn't influence on the amelioration of...
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