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Video Clips   (*.avi format)

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Direct links to video clips (*.avi)
Links to video explanations
Robotic Fish (B1b): fast start
Robotic Fish, fast
Robotic fish, fast
Robotic Fish (B1b): slow speed
Robotic Fish, slow
 
Robotic Fish (B1b): slow turn
Robotic Fish, turn
 
Myooid contractions:  blended geometry
Myooid spontaneous, blended
Myooid spontaneous, blended
Myooid contractions:  abrupt impedance mismatch
Myooid spontaneous, abrupt
Myooid spontaneous, abrupt

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Manuscripts & Book Chapters  (*.pdf format)

Miller S.W. and Dennis R.G.  A parametric model of muscle moment arm as a function of joint angle: Application to the dorsiflexor muscle group in mice.  J Biomechanics 29(12): 1621-24, 1996. (view PDF)

Macpherson P.C.D., Dennis R.G. and Faulkner J.A.  Sarcomere dynamics and contraction-induced injury to maximally activated single muscle fibers from soleus muscles of the rat.  J Physiol  500.2: 523-33, 1997.   (view PDF)

Dennis R.G.  Bipolar implantable stimulator for long-term denervated muscle experiments. Med & Biol Eng & Comput Med & Biol Eng & Comput, March, 36: 225-28, 1998.   (view PDF)

Putnam A.J., Cunningham, J.J., Dennis R.G., Linderman J.J., Mooney D.J.,   Microtubule assembly is regulated by externally-applied strain in cultured smooth muscle cells. J. Cell Sci., 111: 3379-3387, 1998. (view PDF)

Dennis R.G., Kosnik P.  Excitability and isometric contractile properties of mammalian skeletal muscle constructs engineered in vitro.  In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. Anim. 36(5): 327-335, 2000.  (view PDF)

Palmer, M.L., Faulkner, J.A., Dennis R.G., Hollister, S.J.  A hierarchical model of a quiescent and activated skeletal muscle fiber during stretch.  International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, April 1-5, 2000.  (view PDF)

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Doctoral Dissertation, Robert G. Dennis, Ph.D.  (*.pdf format)

Due to the size of this file, I have provided my doctoral dissertation on three segments, each of which can be downloaded separately:

Dissertation Text  (no figures, text searchable PDF)

Dissertation Figures  (PDF image files, not text searchable)

Dissertation Appendices  (PDF image files, not text searchable)

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Abstracts  (*.pdf format, image files, not text searchable)

Calderon M.S., Goldman D.J., Dennis R.G., Kuzon W.M.  Myogenic regulatory factor expression in satellite cells cultured from adult and old rat skeletal muscles. 44th Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council, 22-25 May 1999, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., Abstract #50A. (view PDF)

Dennis, R.G.,  Kosnik, P.E.,  Faulkner, J.A.,  Kuzon, W.M.  Contractile function of in vitro tissue-engineered skeletal muscle constructs. 44th Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council, 22-25 May 1999, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., Abstract #63A.   (view PDF)

Dow D.E.,  Dennis R.G., Hassett C.A., Faulkner J.A.,  Electrical stimulation protocol to maintain mass and contractile force in denervated muscles.  BMES-EMBS 1st Joint Conference, Session 6.1.2 Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation, Paper 573, 1999.  (view PDF)

Haase, S., Cederna, P., Dennis, R.G., Kuzon, W.  Repair of nerve gaps with acellular nerve grafts. 2000 Annual Moses Gunn Research Conference, 17 March 2000, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (view PDF)

Haase, S., Cederna, P., Dennis, R.G., Kuzon, W. Acellular Nerve Grafts For Nerve Gap Repair.  45th Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council, 17-20 May 2000, Seattle, Washington.   (view PDF)

Faulkner, J.A. Macpherson, P.C.D., Stucky, M.J., Claflin, D.R., Brooks, S.V., and Dennis, R.G.  Sarcomere heterogeneity during stretches of passive and activated single permeabilized fibers from fast and slow muscles of young and old rats: mechanism of injury.  Session number A3: Mechanical function of muscle: Molecules to moevments.  Society for Experimental Biology, Exeter, England, Feb 2000.   (view PDF)

Dow, D.E., Hassett, C.A., Cederna, P.S., Dennis, R.G., Faulkner, J.A..  Chronic Electrical Stimulation to Maintain Mass and Force in Denervated EDL Muscles of Rats. American Society For Peripheral Nerve, January 13-14, 2001.  (view PDF)

Palmer, M.L., Faulkner, J.A., Dennis R.G., Hollister, S.J.  A hierarchical model of a quiescent and activated skeletal muscle fiber during stretch.  International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, April 1-5, 2000.  (view PDF)

Dennis R.G.  Engineered skeletal muscle and neuromuscular tissues. Proceedings of the First Functional Tissue Engineering Workshop, September 15-17, 2000.    (view PDF)

Faulkner, J.A. and Dennis, R.G.  Excitability and Contractility: Measurements and Interpretations. Proceedings of the First Functional Tissue Engineering Workshop, September 15-17, 2000.   (view PDF)

Palmer, M.L., Hollister, S.J, Dennis R.G., Faulkner, J.A.  A hierarchical model of quiescent and maximally activated fiber during stretch.  Biophys J, (Jan) 78:1, part 2 of 2, #1972-Pos, p.333A, 2000. (view PDF)

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Patents  (*.pdf format, image files, not text searchable)

Cole, N.M., and Dennis, R.G.,  Single-wave linear interferometric force transducer.  U.S. Patent Number 5555470.

Dennis, R.G., Kosnik, P.E, System and method for emulating an in vivo environment of a muscle tissue specimen.  U.S. Pat No. 6114164.

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