Muscle Contraction

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A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments.

Descriptor ID	D009119
MeSH Number(s)	G11.427.494
Concept/Terms	Muscle Contraction Muscle Contraction Contraction, Muscle Contractions, Muscle Muscle Contractions Muscular Contraction Contraction, Muscular Contractions, Muscular Muscular Contractions Inotropism Inotropism Inotropisms

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Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena [G11.427]
Muscle Contraction [G11.427.494]

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Bar chart showing 133 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	0	3	3
1993	3	2	5
1994	0	6	6
1995	0	3	3
1996	1	2	3
1997	2	3	5
1998	4	2	6
1999	3	1	4
2000	2	1	3
2001	1	6	7
2002	2	2	4
2003	5	3	8
2004	1	2	3
2005	3	9	12
2006	4	4	8
2007	3	3	6
2008	1	5	6
2009	2	2	4
2010	3	6	9
2011	2	2	4
2012	0	1	1
2013	2	3	5
2014	0	5	5
2016	0	4	4
2017	2	2	4
2019	0	1	1
2021	3	0	3
2022	0	1	1

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Endo Y, Groom L, Celik A, Kraeva N, Lee CS, Jung SY, Gardner L, Shaw MA, Hamilton SL, Hopkins PM, Dirksen RT, Riazi S, Dowling JJ. Variants in ASPH cause exertional heat illness and are associated with malignant hyperthermia susceptibility. Nat Commun. 2022 06 13; 13(1):3403.

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Scully DM, Campion D, McCartney F, Dulohery K, Reese S, Kölle S. Cystic ovary disease impairs transport speed, smooth muscle contraction, and epithelial ion transport in the bovine oviduct. Mol Reprod Dev. 2021 08; 88(8):558-570.

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Lopez MA, Bontiff S, Adeyeye M, Shaibani AI, Alexander MS, Wynd S, Boriek AM. Mechanics of dystrophin deficient skeletal muscles in very young mice and effects of age. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2021 08 01; 321(2):C230-C246.

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Hull M, Parnes M, Jankovic J. Botulinum Neurotoxin Injections in Childhood Opisthotonus. Toxins (Basel). 2021 02 12; 13(2).

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Rasmussen JC, Kwon S, Pinal A, Bareis A, Velasquez FC, Janssen CF, Morrow JR, Fife CE, Karni RJ, Sevick-Muraca EM. Assessing lymphatic route of CSF outflow and peripheral lymphatic contractile activity during head-down tilt using near-infrared fluorescence imaging. Physiol Rep. 2020 02; 8(4):e14375.

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Dias N, Zhang C, Li X, Neshatian L, Orejuela FJ, Zhang Y. Neural control properties of the external anal sphincter in young and elderly women. Neurourol Urodyn. 2019 09; 38(7):1828-1833.

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Olthoff JT, Lindsay A, Abo-Zahrah R, Baltgalvis KA, Patrinostro X, Belanto JJ, Yu DY, Perrin BJ, Garry DJ, Rodney GG, Lowe DA, Ervasti JM. Loss of peroxiredoxin-2 exacerbates eccentric contraction-induced force loss in dystrophin-deficient muscle. Nat Commun. 2018 11 30; 9(1):5104.

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Cianca J, Dy R, Chiou-Tan FY, John J, Taber KH. Torsional Anatomy of the Lower Limb: The Appearance of Anatomy in Hemispastic Position. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2018 Nov/Dec; 42(6):982-985.

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Tikunova S, Belevych N, Doan K, Reiser PJ. Desensitizing mouse cardiac troponin C to calcium converts slow muscle towards a fast muscle phenotype. J Physiol. 2018 10; 596(19):4651-4663.

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Peng Y, Miller BD, Boone TB, Zhang Y. Modern Theories of Pelvic Floor Support : A Topical Review of Modern Studies on Structural and Functional Pelvic Floor Support from Medical Imaging, Computational Modeling, and Electromyographic Perspectives. Curr Urol Rep. 2018 Feb 12; 19(1):9.

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