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Activation heat in frog sartorius muscle.

The Journal of general physiology ·Vol. 49 ·No. 3 ·1966-01-00 ·Pages 517-35

Gibbs CL, Ricchiuti NV, Mommaerts WF

Abstract

Upon excitation of a muscle with two stimuli and variation of the interval between them up to the end of the period of full mechanical fusion, an increment of the isometric heat over that found in a single twitch is obtained. This is a good approximation to the activation heat, directly at 0 degrees C, or after certain corrections which become important at higher temperature. The activation heat so found is independent of the muscle length and nearly independent of temperature. It is increased by nitrate and caffeine.

MeSH Terms
Animals Anura Caffeine/pharmacology Hot Temperature In Vitro Techniques Muscle Contraction Muscles/physiology Nitrates/pharmacology Temperature
Chemicals
Nitrates Caffeine
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Gibbs C L
Ricchiuti N V
Mommaerts W F
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13 references, click to expand
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of general physiology
Abbr.
J Gen Physiol
ISSN
0022-1295
Published
1966-01-00
Pages
517-35
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985110R
PMCID
PMC2195490
Subset
IM
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