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Supravital excitability of skeletal muscle of rats and bullfrogs to electrical stimuli.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  306897     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Supravital excitability to electrical stimuli (for convenience, supravital electrocontractility (S.Ec) of the gastrocnemius muscle of rats and bullfrogs was examined after "somatic death" and the time during which S.Ec could be detected (S.Ec duration) was measured. S.Ec of the gastrocnemius muscle of rats and bullfrogs depended on temperature. The maximum S.Ec duration of the muscle of rats and bullfrogs were 110 min and 96 hr, respectively, at a low temperature (5 degrees), and 60 min and 9 hr, respectively, at a high temperature (30 degrees). The time course of rigor mortis at 5 degrees was slow and it was rapid at 30 degrees. In rats, the S.Ec disappeared completely before the onset of rigor mortis, and in bullfrogs, S.Ec existed at progressive stages of rigor mortis and it disappeared completely when rigor mortis reached about the maximum.
Authors:
K Shintaku; S Ota
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Bulletin of Tokyo Medical and Dental University     Volume:  25     ISSN:  0040-8921     ISO Abbreviation:  Bull. Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ.     Publication Date:  1978 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1978-08-14     Completed Date:  1978-08-14     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0405503     Medline TA:  Bull Tokyo Med Dent Univ     Country:  JAPAN    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  87-90     Citation Subset:  D; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anura
Electric Stimulation
Muscles / physiology*
Postmortem Changes
Rana catesbeiana / physiology*
Rats / physiology*
Rigor Mortis*
Temperature
Time Factors

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