A fractal characterization of the type II fiber distribution in the extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles of the adult rat

Muscle & Nerve

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 961-968

  Arsos, George A ^a   Dimitriu, Petros P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

correlation fractal dimension; fiber types; random patterns; skeletal muscle; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; FINGERS; FRACTALS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029099077     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880180907     Document Type: Article

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