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Rigor Mortis

Known as: Mortis, Rigor, Rigor Mortis [Disease/Finding], mortis rigor 
Muscular rigidity which develops in the cadaver usually from 4 to 10 hours after death and lasts 3 or 4 days.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Corona mortis: An anatomical study with clinical implications in approaches to the pelvis and acetabulum
The “corona mortis” is an anatomical variant, an anastomosis between the obturator and the external iliac or inferior epigastric… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Rigor or Rigor Mortis? Rational Choice and Security Studies
T h e past decade has witnessed a growing controversy over the status of formal approaches in political science, and especially… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Rigor mortis development at elevated temperatures induces pale exudative turkey meat characteristics.
Development of rigor mortis at elevated post-mortem temperatures may contribute to turkey meat characteristics that are similar… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The influence of high temperature, type of muscle and electrical stimulation on the course of rigor, ageing and tenderness of beef muscles.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Sarcomere shortening of prerigor muscles and its influence on drip loss.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Evidence that ischemic cell death begins in the subendocardium independent of variations in collateral flow or wall tension.
Irreversible ischemic injury occurs after coronary artery occlusion in vivo, first in the subendocardium and progressing toward… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Postmortem breakdown of ATP and glycogen in ground muscle: A review.
Review
1965
Review
1965
Methods of meat texture measurement viewed from the background of factors affecting tenderness.
Review
1964
Review
1964
ETIOLOGICAL STATUS AND ASSOCIATED STUDIES OF PALE, SOFT, EXUDATIVE PORCINE MUSCULATURE.
Highly Cited
1947
Highly Cited
1947
Rigor mortis and adenosine‐triphosphate
Erd6s (1943), working in Szent-Gy6rgyi's laboratory, has shown that the destruction of adenosinetriphosphate (ATP) and the… 
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