Does anyone know an experimental method for inducing masseter muscle hypertrophy in mice?

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CyQuant cell prolif. assay - how old can it be and still work??

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Subgroup analysis in small numbers allowed?

Hello, I had a question regarding subgroup analysis in small patient numbers. I am currently writing a paper on very rare tumours and the response to therapy in a real-world cohort, so no...

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Hot to test differences of mean(T test) on all variables in overlapping samples?

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How do I Obtain Permission to administer the Servant Leadership Questionnaire?

I need to use the SLQ for my dissertation studies.

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Searching for articles on experimental power role manipulation in social psychology, can you recommend me some literature?

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Anti-FLAG-tag antibody for flow cytometry in mouse without major background signal issues?

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Day care quality: Did anyone work with the MELQO - Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes?

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Antibody doesn't work for proteins of HEK lysate?

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Why do my infected cells detach in flatbeds and not one by one like they usually do?

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For modelling epoxy-based matrices (in composites), which model in ABAQUS is the most suitable, Concrete damaged plasticity or Drucker-Prager model?

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Are there any open-source datasets containing physiological information about exercises to be used for an OR-model?

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Do you have papers on hindlimb myology of birds to share?

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Do you have papers on hindlimbs myology of birds to share?

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The Role of Town Planners in CAV Use?

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Staining methods for skeletal muscle fiber typing?

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Is it appropriate to use AIDA model (Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence) on a non-clinical sample?

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Time series analysis of facial movements and verbal protocols ? What methods can I use to analyze the Data?

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Is this method of modeling plastic behavior in Abaqus correct?

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Sonja Buvinic

Thank you Mohamed. I have read that decorin sequestrate myostatin, but I have not seen papers with decorin injection in vivo. Could you give me the references, please? It would be better than botulynum toxin injection?

Ulrich Kritzler

have a look Tanne K. Current status of temporomandibular joint disorders and the therapeutic system derived from a series of biomechanical , histological , and biochemical studies. APOS Trends Orthod. 2015;5(January):4–21.