Stretching skeletal muscle: chronic muscle lengthening through sarcomerogenesis.

Skeletal muscle responds to passive overstretch through sarcomerogenesis, the creation and serial deposition of new sarcomere units. Sarcomerogenesis is critical to muscle function: It gradually re-positions the muscle back into its optimal operating regime. Animal models of immobilization, limb len...

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Main Authors: Alexander M Zöllner, Oscar J Abilez, Markus Böl, Ellen Kuhl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3462200?pdf=render