Genetic model reveals a form of calcium release is unnecessary for normal muscle contraction

The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role ...
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New genetic model reveals calcium-induced calcium release is dispensable for skeletal muscle contraction

Researchers engineered mice with a mutation (E3896A) in the RyR1 calcium-binding site, eliminating calcium-induced calcium ...
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The Heat-Tension Ratio in Prolonged Tetanic Contractions

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world's most distinguished scientists ...
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Sex and Age Differences in Post-tetanic Potentiation

POST-TETANIC potentiation has been investigated by a large number of authors in animal muscles 1, but only rarely in other structures and in man. According to Peregrin 2, post-tetanic potentiation in ...
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The Effects of Contraction and Ischaemia on Creatine Phosphate and Adenosine Triphosphate in m. semitendinosus of the Pig

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science, Vol. 73 (1973), pp. 95-108 (14 pages) Tetanic contraction significantly lowered the concentration of ...