Task dependent motor strategy of human triceps surae muscle.

Even though many investigators have analyzed the functional difference of the three heads of triceps surae in human, none of them succeeded to clarify the distinctive functional difference of those three muscles. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the integrated EMGs (IEMGs) of the triceps surae muscle, gastrocnemius and soleus, were task dependent. IEMGs of the medial head of the gastrocnemius (GM), lateral head of the gastrocnemius (GL), and soleus (SO) were investigated at three different knee joint angles, at four different duration of ramp contraction, with the generation of a single ongoing force, from 0 to the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC).

Effects of fixation and preservation conditions on immunohistochemical profiles of the skeletal muscle fibers in Japanese macaques.

Effects of fixation and preservation conditions of muscle tissues on immunohistochemical profiles are investigated. Samples of the hind limb and epaxial muscles were removed from 4 adult female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) fixated with 10% formalin and preserved in the same solution under different conditions for 6 months to 4 years and 6 months. Sections were stained with indirect immunofluorescence and avidin-biotin peroxidase complex methods using an antibody against fast myosin (Mouse Monoclonal Anti-skeletal Myosin-Fast, clone MY-32, Sigma) as a primary antibody.

[Factors on motives for rehabilitation of post-CVA clients at homes].

Qualitative studies have been made on the motives for rehabilitation of post-CVA 14 clients at homes by semi-constitutional questions. As a result, rehabilitating motives were classified into 8 influential factors such as prospects for future, sense of satisfaction for living, change in sense of self personality, change in personal relations, change in family-relation, attitude towards the post-CVA symptom, emotional mainstay, sense of health, and composing factors as with positiveness, voluntariness and subjective individuality. The contents of the influential factors and number or the manners of connections were characteristic of individuals.

Distribution of muscle fibre types in the thoracic and lumbar epaxial muscles of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata).

Histochemical properties are investigated in the thoracic and lumbar epaxial muscles of Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata. Whole transverse sections of the muscles were removed at the different levels of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and muscle fibre types were classified into type I and type II fibres on the basis of their histochemical profiles. In the lumbar region the iliocostalis and longissimus muscles have many type II fibres.

Comparative biochemical study of coated vesicles purified from cock brains.

Cock brain coated vesicles (CBCVs) were purified and compared with porcine brain coated vesicles (PBCVs) from several biochemical aspects. Clathrin heavy and light chains of CBCVs were immunologically similar to those of PBCVs. Coat proteins (CPs) of CBCVs behaved in almost the same manner as those of PBCVs for limited proteolysis.

Isolation and characterization of cock brain coated vesicles in comparison with porcine brain coated vesicles.

1. Cock brain coated vesicles (CBCVs) were isolated and compared with porcine brain coated vesicles (PBCVs). 2.