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ArticlePhysiological reports2018

Epinephrine augments posttetanic potentiation in mouse skeletal muscle with and without myosin phosphorylation.

Stephen Roy Morris, William Gittings, Rene Vandenboom

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Article in Physiological reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Mechanism of post-tetanic depression of slow muscle fibres.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen Roy MorrisDepartment of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
William GittingsDepartment of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Rene VandenboomDepartment of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Brock University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sympathetic tone may influence force potentiation, that is, the stimulation-induced increase in skeletal muscle mechanical function associated with myosin phosphorylation, although the mechanism for this effect remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of epinephrine on concentric twitch force potentiation of wild-type and skeletal myosin light-chain kinase devoid mouse muscle (skMLCK

Indexed as

Muscle ContractionAnimalsEpinephrineMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMuscle, SkeletalMyosin-Light-Chain KinaseMyosin Light ChainsMyosinsPhosphorylationEpinephrineMyosin-Light-Chain KinaseMyosin Light ChainsMyosinsBeta-adrenergicconcentric twitch forceextensor digitorum longuspotentiationregulatory light chains

Identifiers

PMID29718592
PMCPMC5931225
OpenAlexW2800561780

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Registered trials

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