title: Effect of hypothermia on the twitch and tetanic contractions of denervated rat diaphragm muscle under isotonic conditions.
abstract: Effect of hypothermia was studied on the twitch and tetanic contractions of the chronically denervated rat diaphragm muscles under isotonic conditions. The muscles were denervated for 15-20 days and the temperature was lowered from 35 degrees C to 15 degrees C. The results showed that hypothermia and chronic denervation had very little effect on the isotonic contraction parameters since these were found to be unaltered at all temperatures except at 15 degrees C. It is suggested that denervation has no significant effect on the contractile component of our experimental muscles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Azeem
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Shaikh