Muscle biophysics : from molecules to cells / Dilson E. Rassier, editor.

Other author Rassier, Dilson E. (Dilson Etcheverry), 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Springer, ©2010.
Descriptionxiii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAdvances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 682
Advances in experimental medicine and biology v. 682. ^A103
Contents Striated muscles : from molecules to cells / Dilson E. Rassier -- Contractile performance of striated muscle / K.A.P. Edman -- Energy economy in the actomyosin interaction : lessons from simple models / Steven L. Lehman -- A strain-dependency of myosin off-rate must be sensitive to frequency to predict the B-process of sinusoidal analysis / Bradley M. Palmer -- Electron microscopic visualization of the cross-bridge movement coupled with ATP hydrolysis in muscle thick filaments in aqueous solution, reminiscences and future prospects / Haruo Sugi -- Role of titin in skeletal muscle function and disease / Coen A.C. OttenHeijm and Henk Granzier -- Contractile characteristics of sarcomeres arranged in series or mechanically isolated from myofibrils / Dilson E. Rassier and Ivan Pavlov -- The force-length relationship of mechanically isolated sarcomeres / W. Herzog, V. Joumaa, and T.R. Leonard -- Extraction and replacement of the tropomyosin-troponin complex in isolated myofibrils / Beatrice Scellini ... [et al.] -- Stretch and shortening of skeletal muscles activated along the ascending limb of the force-length relation / Dilson E. Rassier and Clara Pun -- Cross-bridge properties in single intact frog fibers studied by fast stretches / Barbara Colombini ... [et al.] -- Crossbridge and non-crossbridge contributions to force in shortening and lengthening muscle / K.W. Ranatunga ... [et al.] -- Short-range mechanical properties of skeletal and cardiac muscles / Kenneth S. Campbell -- Crossbridge mechanism(s) examined by temperature perturbation studies on muscle / K.W. Ranatunga and M.E. Coupland -- Efficiency of cross-bridges and mitochondria in mouse cardiac muscle / C.J. Barclay and C. Widén -- Mechanisms of skeletal muscle weakness / Håkan Westerblad, Nicolas Place, and Takashi Yamada -- Stretch-induced membrane damage in muscle : comparison of wild-type and mdx mice / David G. Allen, Bao-ting Zhang, and Nicholas P. Whitehead -- Cellular and whole muscle studies of activity dependent potentiation / Brian R. MacIntosh.
Local noteLaupus-WCP
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010934106
ISBN9781441963659 (alk. paper)
ISBN1441963650 (alk. paper)