Fiber capillarization in flight muscle of pigeons native and flying at altitude

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-194

  Mathieu Costello, O ^a   Agey, P J ^a   Normand, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Birds, pigeon; Capillarization, flight muscle, birds; Flight muscle, structure; Muscle, flight, structure

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT MUSCLE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029919138     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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