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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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2007
2007
Double phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain during rigor mortis of bovine Longissimus muscle.
UNLABELLED To investigate changes in myosin light chains (MyLCs) during postmortem aging of the bovine longissimus muscle, we… 
2006
2006
Accelerated recovery of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from effects of crowding by swimming.
1999
1999
Bleedout efficiency, carcass damage, and rigor mortis development following electrical stunning or carbon dioxide stunning on a shackle line.
In Experiment 1, 400 male broilers were stunned using a gradient of 40 to 60% CO2 over a period of 25 s or a 1% brine solution… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Rigor, but not rigor mortis, in depression research.
With reference to the depression research methods review of H. Tennen, J.A. Hall, and G. Affleck (1995) and the earlier… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The effect of high post-mortem temperature on the development of pale, soft and exudative pork: Interaction with ultimate pH.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
A fatal methamphetamine poisoning associated with hyperpyrexia.
1984
1984
The kinetics of rigor onset in beef muscle fibres.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The relationship of ischemic contracture of vascular reperfusion in the isolated rat heart.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Relations between muscle pH and important biochemical parameters during the postmortem changes in mammalian muscles.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Evidence for a relationship between ATP hydrolysis and changes in extracellular space and fibre diameter during rigor development in skeletal muscle.
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