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Preservation of the membrane electrochemical gradients for Na+, K+, and Ca2+ is vital to the maintenance of skeletal muscle structure and function. Muscle excitability may be depressed during contractile activity by changes in the gradients for Na+ and K+, while muscle force may be reduced by an activity-induced increase in free intracellular Ca2+ Compensatory processes help to maintain ion electrochemical gradients in normal, active muscles, but compensatory mechanisms may be impaired in Injured or diseased muscles contributing to muscle, pathology.

Langue : ANGLAIS

Identifiant basis : 2003225456