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Muscle Contraction

Muscle Contraction is a physiological process in which muscle fibers generate force through the sliding of actin and myosin filaments, characterized by changes in muscle length or tension as a result of neurologically stimulated cross-bridge cycling.

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Muscle Structure and Theories of Contraction

A. F. Huxley · Progress in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry · 1957 · 3.4K citations

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Decreased Catecholamine Sensitivity and β-Adrenergic-Receptor Density in Failing Human Hearts

Michael R. Bristow, Robert Ginsburg, Wayne Minobe et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1982 · 2.3K citations

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A new strategy for multifunction myoelectric control

B. Hudgins, P. Parker, Robert N. Scott · IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering · 1993 · 2.1K citations

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Phosphorylation and Activation of Myosin by Rho-associated Kinase (Rho-kinase)

Mutsuki Amano, Masaaki Ito, Kazushi Kimura et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1996 · 2K citations · Full text

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ATPase Activity of Myosin Correlated with Speed of Muscle Shortening

Michael Bárány · The Journal of General Physiology · 1967 · 2K citations · Full text

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    Walter Herzog

    University of Calgary, Canada

    41 publications · 2.4K citations

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    James T. Stull

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

    28 publications · 2.7K citations

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    Michael P. Walsh

    University of Calgary, Canada

    30 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Archibald Vivian Hill

    University College London, United Kingdom

    27 publications · 2.4K citations

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    Lars Arendt‐Nielsen

    Aalborg University, Denmark

    25 publications · 2.5K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    57 h-index

    313 publications

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  2. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    52 h-index

    391 publications

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  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    48 h-index

    255 publications

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  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    47 h-index

    238 publications

    18.3K citations

  5. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, United States

    46 h-index

    263 publications

    20.4K citations

  6. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    43 h-index

    251 publications

    16.9K citations

  7. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    43 h-index

    338 publications

    17.4K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

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  1. The Journal of Physiology

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 277 publications · 30.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Physiology

    348 publications · 29K citations

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  4. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 212 publications · 21.3K citations

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    Repository · 386 publications · 15.5K citations

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