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Title Muscle biophysics : from molecules to cells / Dilson E. Rassier, editor
Published New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 353 pages) : illustrations
Series Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 682
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 682.
Contents 880-01 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 [and others] -- 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 [and others] -- Crossbridge and non-crossbridge contributions to force in shortening and lengthening muscle / K.W. Ranatunga [and others] -- 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
880-01/(Q 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 [and others] -- 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 [and others] -- Crossbridge and non-crossbridge contributions to force in shortening and lengthening muscle / K.W. Ranatunga [and others] -- 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 / Ha⁺ћkan 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
Summary Muscle contraction has been the focus of scientific investigation for more than two centuries, and major discoveries have changed the field over the years. This book centers mostly on mechanical studies, dealing with force production and regulation; it gathers studies performed by scientists who have used diverse muscle techniques, and who have shaped the field of muscle contraction throughout the past years. Starting with theoretical approaches to understand myosin molecule function and energetics, this book covers experimental work performed with single molecules, and discusses results from studies investigating basic mechanisms of contraction, using (mostly in order of appearance) isolated sarcomeres, myofibrils, and fibers are presented. The last chapters summarize studies investigating the effects of acute and chronic adaptations, including weakness and muscle disease. Muscle Biophysics represents an excellent source of information for readers intending to understand the mechanics of muscle contraction, and is a fascinating collection of chapters that will hopefully stimulate young investigators to pursue research in this exciting field of research
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Muscle contraction.
Muscle Contraction -- physiology
Muscles -- physiology
Muscle Contraction
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Muscle contraction
Form Electronic book
Author Rassier, Dilson E. (Dilson Etcheverry), 1967-
ISBN 9781441963666
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