Biopolym. Cell. 2005; 21(1):80-83.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0006E0
Molecular Biophysics
The possible molecular mechanism of the nonlinearity muscle contraction and its experimental substantiation
1Nozdrenko D. N., 1Shut A. N., 1Prylutskyy Yu. I.
  1. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
    64, Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01033

Abstract

A study of the contracting processes of changing in the length and force of muscle fiber is carry ouied under the modulated electrical stimulation in the dependence of physiological solution temperature. The revealed nonlinear effects of muscle contraction are explained within the framework of molecular mechanism proposed
Keywords: muscle fibre, electrical stimulation, nonlinear charac­ ter of contraction, molecular mechanisms, temperature, isotonic process
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