Muscle Structure and Theories of Contraction

The heat of shortening and the dynamic constants of muscle

1938 • 5,404 citations

Changes in the Cross-Striations of Muscle during Contraction and Stretch and their Structural Interpretation

1954 • 1,655 citations

Structural Changes in Muscle During Contraction: Interference Microscopy of Living Muscle Fibres

1954 • 1,532 citations

The relation between force and speed in muscular contraction

1939 • 794 citations

The abrupt transition from rest to activity in muscle

1949 • 480 citations

The isometric length‐tension diagram of isolated skeletal muscle fibers of the frog

1940 • 455 citations

The heat of activation and the heat of shortening in a muscle twitch

1949 • 410 citations

Structural Basis of the Cross-Striations in Muscle

1953 • 372 citations

Electron microscope studies of the organisation of the filaments in striated muscle

1953 • 304 citations

The excitation and contraction of the flight muscles of insects

1949 • 242 citations

The electrical properties of the muscle fibre membrane

1948 • 198 citations

An electron microscope study of sectioned breast muscle of the domestic fowl

1953 • 191 citations

X-ray analysis and the problem of muscle

1953 • 189 citations

Currents in biochemical research

1947 • 176 citations

AN INVESTIGATION OF CROSS STRIATIONS AND MYOSIN FILAMENTS IN MUSCLE

1946 • 161 citations

The flight muscles of insects-their anatomy and histology; with some observations on the structure of striated muscle in general

1955 • 153 citations

The crayfish : an introduction to the study of zoology

1880 • 121 citations

Facts and Theories About Muscle

1954 • 114 citations

STUDIES ON MUSCLE WITH THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

1949 • 105 citations

Function of Krause's Membrane

1955 • 100 citations

Der Feinbau und die mechanischen Eigenschaften des Myosinfadens

1935 • 94 citations

STUDIES IN THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF MUSCLE GLOBULIN

1930 • 92 citations

Elementary Processes in Muscle Action: An Examination of Current Concepts

1955 • 92 citations

THE RELATION OF ELECTRIC POTENTIAL CHANGES TO CONTRACTURE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE

1946 • 89 citations

STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF MUSCLE

1955 • 89 citations

Chemistry of Muscle Contraction: Contraction of Muscle without Fission of Adenosine Triphosphate or Creatine Phosphate

1954 • 88 citations

The absorption of work by a muscle stretched during a single twitch or a short tetanus

1951 • 88 citations

The effect of previous stimulation on the active state of muscle

1955 • 87 citations

Changes of energy in a muscle during very slow stretches

1951 • 81 citations

Chemical Physiology of Contraction in Body and Heart Muscle.

1953 • 80 citations

The duration of the active state in a muscle twitch

1954 • 76 citations

The spread of activity in the tenuissimus muscle of the cat and in other complex muscles

1925 • 71 citations

The series elastic component in muscle

1953 • 68 citations

Studies on the latent period of muscular contraction. Method. General properties of latency relaxation

1944 • 68 citations

Polarisationsoptik und molekularer Feinbau der Q-Abschnitte des Froschmuskels

1935 • 68 citations

Chemistry of Muscle Contraction: Is Adenosine Triphosphate broken down during a Single Muscle Twitch?

1954 • 67 citations

Some observations on the chemical cytology of striated muscle

1946 • 66 citations

The mechanism of the myogenic rhythm of certain insect striated muscles

1954 • 65 citations

X -ray studies of the molecular structure of myosin

1940 • 63 citations

Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an Muskelfibrillen bei totaler und partieller Extraktion des L-Myosin

1953 • 62 citations

The development of the active state of muscle during the latent period

1950 • 60 citations

SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES ON MUSCLE

1945 • 59 citations

LATENCY RELAXATION AND A THEORY OF MUSCULAR MECHANO‐CHEMICAL COUPLING

1947 • 57 citations

Changes in transparency of muscle during a twitch

1949 • 52 citations

Über das Verhalten der Doppelbrechung des quergestreiften Muskels während der Kontraktion

1932 • 51 citations

The ineffectiveness of the ‘window field’ in the initiation of muscle contraction

1954 • 50 citations

The fine structure of myofibrils

1950 • 49 citations

The relation between force and velocity of shortening in rat muscle

1954 • 48 citations

The transition from rest to full activity in muscle: the velocity of shortening

1951 • 47 citations

The protein components of the isolated myofibril

1953 • 47 citations

Über die Struktur der quergestreiften Muskelfasern von Hydrophilus im ruhenden und tätigen Zustand

1909 • 47 citations

Early tension relaxation during a muscle twitch

1951 • 45 citations

Die Struktur der quergestreiften, lebenden Muskelfaser des Frosches in Ruhe und während der Kontraktion¹

1936 • 43 citations

The onset of shortening in striated muscle

1951 • 43 citations

The Localization of the Adenylic Acids in Striated Muscle‐Fibres

1942 • 41 citations

Muskelproteine

1950 • 41 citations

The effect of rapid changes in hydrostatic pressure upon the contraction of skeletal muscle

1934 • 39 citations

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND X‐RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF MUSCLE STRUCTURE

1947 • 38 citations

Torsional elasticity of the isolated cross striated muscle fibre

1953 • 38 citations

The earliest manifestation of the mechanical response of striated muscle

1951 • 36 citations

Physical Chemistry of Contractile Process in Muscle

1952 • 35 citations

AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROPERTIES OF SMOOTH MUSCLE

1936 • 34 citations

The birefringence of striated and smooth mammalian muscles

1944 • 33 citations

The effect of rapid compression upon events in the isometric contraction of skeletal muscle

1936 • 31 citations

Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die quergestreifte Muskelsubstanz

1873 • 30 citations

The effect of stimulation on the diffraction of light by striated muscle

1953 • 28 citations

Modifications dans la structure physico-chimique de l'édifice contractile au cours du cycle de la contraction musculaire

1950 • 28 citations

The behaviour of mammalian striated muscle in the presence of 2: 4‐dinitrophenol

1955 • 27 citations

Aktionsstrom und optisches Verhalten des Froschmuskels in ihrer zeitlichen Beziehung zur Zuckung

1937 • 26 citations

The birefringence of muscle and its variation during contraction

1937 • 26 citations

Does heat production precede mechanical response in muscular contraction?

1950 • 26 citations

BIREFRINGENCE AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF MUSCLE

1947 • 26 citations

The isometric contraction of isolated muscle fibers

1936 • 25 citations

Observations on the Temperature Dependence of the Tension Developed By the Frog Muscle

1951 • 22 citations

A reinvestigation of two critical points in the energetics of muscular contraction

1953 • 22 citations

XII.—Observations on the minute structure and mode of contraction of voluntary muscular fibre; being the abstract of a paper read before the Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh, December 15th, 1848

1849 • 21 citations

Myosin and adenosinetriphosphate in relation to muscle contraction

1950 • 18 citations

ON THE MECHANISM OF MUSCULAR ACTION

1924 • 18 citations

The distribution of nucleic acids in tissues.

1947 • 17 citations

Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die quergestreifte Muskelsubstanz

1873 • 16 citations

Chemical change and mechanical response in stimulated muscle

1953 • 16 citations

On the minute structure and movements of voluntary muscle

1840 • 16 citations

Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen über den Feinbau der Skelettmuskulatur bei Rana temporaria

1950 • 15 citations

Histochemie der quergestreiften Muskelfasern

1927 • 14 citations

Mechanics of iodoacetate rigor of muscle

1955 • 14 citations

The anisotropic and isotropic bands of skeletal muscle in light- and electron microscopy

1955 • 13 citations

Mikrometrische Untersuchungen an contrahirten Muskelfasern

1880 • 10 citations

The Localization of Rlineral Salts in Striated Muscle‐Fibres.

1944 • 10 citations

The link between metabolism and motility of cells and muscles

1955 • 9 citations

Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Baues der quergestreiften Muskeln bei den Insekten.

1899 • 9 citations

Some qualitative considerations on the mechanism of striated muscle contraction

1948 • 9 citations

Die Beziehung zwischen Muskelreaktion und Querstreifung

1939 • 8 citations

Structure of Biological Fibres and the Problem of Muscle*

1945 • 8 citations

THE HISTOPATHOLOGY OF PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AS REVEALED BY ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOMICROGRAPHY

1944 • 7 citations

Physical Chemistry of Contractile Process in Muscle

1952 • 7 citations

The path of the slow contractile wave in arthropod muscle fibre

1955 • 7 citations

Contraction and cross-striation of muscle

1952 • 6 citations

Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Muskelgewebes von Trichopterenlarven

1937 • 6 citations

An Electron Microscopic Study of the Muscle-fibres of the Diaphragm

1951 • 5 citations

Physical Chemistry of Contractile Process in Muscle

1952 • 4 citations

Physical Chemistry of Contractile Process in Muscle

1952 • 2 citations