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Paying the piper: the cost of Ca2+ pumping during the mating call of toadfish by Harwood, Claire L., Young, Iain S., Tikunov, Boris A., Hollingworth, Stephen, Baylor, Stephen M., Rome, Lawrence C.

“…Non‐Technical Summary  The fastest contracting vertebrate muscle known is found in toadfish. This muscle surrounds the gas‐filled swimbladder of males and…”
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Is high concentration of parvalbumin a requirement for superfast relaxation? by Tikunov, Boris A, Rome, Lawrence C

“…It is generally thought that the rapid relaxation of fast muscles is facilitated by the Ca²⁺ binding protein parvalbumin (Parv). Indeed superfast swimbladder…”
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Parasternal intercostal muscle remodeling in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Levine, Sanford, Nguyen, Taitan, Friscia, Michael, Zhu, Jianliang, Szeto, Wilson, Kucharczuk, John C, Tikunov, Boris A, Rubinstein, Neal A, Kaiser, Larry R, Shrager, Joseph B

“…Departments of 1 Surgery and 2 Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; 3 Department of Biology, University of…”
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Quantitative electrophoretic analysis of myosin heavy chains in single muscle fibers by Tikunov, Boris A, Sweeney, H. Lee, Rome, Lawrence C

“…1  Biology Department, Leidy Labs, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104; and 2  Department of Physiology, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University…”
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Trading Force for Speed: Why Superfast Crossbridge Kinetics Leads to Superlow Forces by Rome, Lawrence C., Cook, Chris, Syme, Douglas A., Connaughton, Martin A., Ashley-Ross, Miriam, Klimov, Andrei, Tikunov, Boris, Goldman, Yale E.

“…Superfast muscles power high-frequency motions such as sound production and visual tracking. As a class, these muscles also generate low forces. Using the…”
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Controlling the freezing process: A robotic device for rapidly freezing biological tissues with millisecond time resolution by Tikunov, Boris A., Rome, Lawrence C.

“…A robotic cryogenic device was developed which allows freezing of thick biological tissues with millisecond time resolution. The device consists of two…”
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Cellular Adaptations in the Diaphragm in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Levine, Sanford, Kaiser, Larry, Leferovich, John, Tikunov, Boris

“…Two decades ago, Roussos and Macklem 1 demonstrated that the diaphragm, the major inspiratory muscle, can become fatigued. Although the site of muscular…”
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Paying the piper: the cost of Ca 2+ pumping during the mating call of toadfish by Harwood, Claire L., Young, Iain S., Tikunov, Boris A., Hollingworth, Stephen, Baylor, Stephen M., Rome, Lawrence C.

“…Non‐Technical Summary  The fastest contracting vertebrate muscle known is found in toadfish. This muscle surrounds the gas‐filled swimbladder of males and…”
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Chronic congestive heart failure elicits adaptations of endurance exercise in diaphragmatic muscle by TIKUNOV, B, LEVINE, S, MANCINI, D

“…During rest and exercise, patients with heart failure hyperventilate; therefore, the diaphragm can be viewed as undergoing constant moderate-intensity…”
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Creatine depletion elicits structural, biochemical, and physiological adaptations in rat costal diaphragm by Levine, S, Tikunov, B, Henson, D, LaManca, J, Sweeney, H L

“…To elucidate adaptations elicited by creatine (Cr) depletion in the costal diaphragm (Dia), 16 12-wk-old male Fisher 344 rats had 2% beta-guanidinopropionic…”
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