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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
Contractions of rat extensor digitorum longus (EDL, a fast muscle) and soleus (SOL, a slow muscle) muscles of different ages (1-4 weeks) were recorded in vitro with direct stimulation and at different temperatures (range 35-10 degrees C). Twitch tension in 4-week-old EDL muscle increased in cooling from 35 to 20 degrees C (cooling potentiation); the tension decreased in further cooling below 20 degrees C. This pattern of temperature dependence of twitch tension was seen in fast muscles of all ages (1-4 weeks). Twitch tension in 4-week-old SOL muscle decreased monotonically in cooling from 35 to 10 degrees C (cooling depression). This pattern of cooling depression was not clearly evident in younger SOL muscles. There was a marked hysteresis in the temperature dependence of twitch tension in the 1-week-old SOL muscles. Tetanic tension was depressed by low temperature in both EDL and SOL muscles at 1 week and at 4 weeks of age. Results show that the processes concerned with contractile activation are nearly fully developed in the fast muscle fibers at an early age (1 week), whereas they develop later in the slow muscle fibers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0148-639X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
775-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Temperature dependence of contraction characteristics in developing rat muscles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Bristol, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't