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Hindlimb Suspension

Known as: Elevation, Hindlimb, Suspension, Hindlimb, Immobilization, Hindlimb 
Technique for limiting use, activity, or movement by immobilizing or restraining animal by suspending from hindlimbs or tails. This immobilization is… 
National Institutes of Health

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Skeletal UnloadingTail Suspensionlegislation & jurisprudencephysiological aspects

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Simulated resistance training during hindlimb unloading abolishes disuse bone loss and maintains muscle strength
This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of simulated resistance training (SRT) without weight bearing in… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Calpain/calpastatin activities and substrate depletion patterns during hindlimb unweighting and reweighting in skeletal muscle
Unloading of skeletal muscle by hindlimb unweighting (HU) is characterized by atrophy, protein loss, and an elevation in… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Effects of running exercise during recovery from hindlimb unloading on soleus muscle fibers and their spinal motoneurons in rats
2003
2003
Compared effects of hindlimb unloading versus terrestrial deafferentation on muscular properties of the rat soleus
1996
1996
Cytoplasm-to-myonucleus ratios in plantaris and soleus muscle fibres following hindlimb suspension
SummaryIn multinucleated skeletal muscle fibres the size of the cytoplasmic volume-to-myonucleus ratio is related to the myosin… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Quantitative changes of GABA‐immunoreactive cells in the hindlimb representation of the rat somatosensory cortex after 14‐day hindlimb unloading by tail suspension
The present study was aimed at evaluating quantitatively γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) immunoreactivity in the hindlimb… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Dual mechanisms of twitching during sleep in neonatal rats.
Twitches of the limbs during REM sleep in adult mammals result from descending motor activation from the brainstem. In contrast… 
1993
1993
A simple hindlimb suspension apparatus.
This paper describes the assembly of a simple, inexpensive apparatus for application of the hindlimb suspension model to studies… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Contractile and biochemical properties of rat soleus and plantaris after hindlimb suspension.
This study examined the relationship between contractile and isomyosin changes occurring in rat soleus (SOL) and plantaris (PLAN… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Contractile properties of rat soleus muscle after 15 days of hindlimb suspension.
The properties of the contractile elements interacting to develop force in atrophied rat soleus muscle were studied by using… 
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