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In Vivo Canine Muscle Function Assay
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2011
We describe a minimally-invasive and painless method to measure canine hindlimb muscle strength and muscle response to repeated eccentric contractions.
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Evaluation of Muscle Function of the Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscle Ex vivo and Tibialis Anterior Muscle In situ in Mice
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2013
Changes in limb muscle contractile and passive mechanical properties are important biomarkers for muscle diseases. This manuscript describes physiological assays to measure these properties in the murine extensor digitorum longus and tibialis anterior muscles.
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Myo-mechanical Analysis of Isolated Skeletal Muscle
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2011
To assess the in vivo effects of therapeutic interventions for muscle disease, methods are needed to quantitate force generation and fatigability in treated muscle. We detail an approach to evaluating myo-mechanical properties in explanted mouse hindlimb muscle. This analysis provides a robust approach to quantitating the effects of genetic modification on muscle function, as well as comparison of therapies in mouse models of muscle disease.
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Functions of Smooth Muscles
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2024
Smooth muscles are an important type of muscle tissue that plays a vital role in the involuntary movements of internal organs. For example, they help regulate the movement of food through the gut and the flow of blood through the circulatory system. Function of visceral smooth muscles Visceral smooth muscle is found in the walls of all hollow organs, except the heart, and is a key player in the involuntary movements that drive the functioning of these internal organs. This tissue is arranged in...
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Do's and Don'ts in the Preparation of Muscle Cryosections for Histological Analysis
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2015
Here we demonstrate the most efficient methods for freezing, embedding, cryosectioning, and staining of muscle biopsies to avoid freezing artifacts.
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These measurements capture different aspects of muscle performance. Contractile strength indicates force generation, shortening reflects mechanical change, and electrical activity provides information about activation. Responses to controlled stimulation help relate an imposed input to the resulting muscle output. Examining these measures together connects functional behavior with cellular and tissue-level mechanisms rather than relying on a single performance indicator.
Changes in functional output can reveal whether muscle cells are progressing beyond structural differentiation toward greater maturity. During development, measurements of force, shortening, or electrical activity can be tracked over time and compared with changes in neuromuscular connections and tissue organization. This functional perspective helps distinguish visible structural development from maturation that produces coordinated muscle performance.
Organized tissue structure supports the coordinated generation and transmission of muscle activity, so functional measurements provide a way to examine whether structural development has meaningful consequences. By relating contractile behavior or electrical responses to tissue organization, researchers can assess how changes at the tissue level influence force production and coordinated movement during development.
A study begins by selecting a functional output, such as contractile strength, shortening, electrical activity, or a response to controlled stimulation. Researchers then collect measurements under defined conditions and relate the results to cellular differentiation, tissue organization, or neuromuscular development. Repeating this assessment over time can reveal how functional performance changes as muscle develops.
The approach is useful when researchers need to determine whether altered development or regeneration changes muscle performance, not only muscle structure. Functional measurements can be linked to differences in cell differentiation, tissue organization, or neuromuscular connections. This helps characterize developmental disorders and evaluate whether regenerative processes produce tissue capable of appropriate contractile or coordinated activity.
Engineered muscle models can be assessed by measuring outputs such as force generation, shortening, electrical activity, or responses to controlled stimulation. These results provide evidence about whether the model develops functional properties alongside its cellular and tissue structure. Comparing performance with developmental changes helps researchers judge maturation and investigate how engineered tissues reproduce aspects of muscle organization and activity.