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Mechanisms of Excitation-Contraction Coupling Relevant to Skeletal Muscle Fatigue

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Fatigue

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 384))

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This review examines recent progress in elucidation of the excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle with particular reference to processes which may play an important role in muscle fatigue.

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    D. G. Stephenson & G. D. Lamb

  2. Department of Chemistry and Biology, Victoria University of Technology, Footscray, Victoria, 3011, Australia

    G. M. M. Stephenson

  3. School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, 2033, Australia

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Stephenson, D.G., Lamb, G.D., Stephenson, G.M.M., Fryer, M.W. (1995). Mechanisms of Excitation-Contraction Coupling Relevant to Skeletal Muscle Fatigue. In: Gandevia, S.C., Enoka, R.M., McComas, A.J., Stuart, D.G., Thomas, C.K., Pierce, P.A. (eds) Fatigue. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 384. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1016-5_4

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