Structural determinants of maximal O2 transport in muscles of exercising foxes

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-251

  Bicudo, J E P W ^a   Longworth, K E ^e   Jones, J H ^b,d   Taylor, C R ^b   Hoppeler, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Capillary, skeletal muscle; Exercise, maximal; Gas exchange, tissue; Mammals, fox (Alopex lagopus); Morphometry, skeletal muscle; Muscle, skeletal, mitochondrial volume,; Oxygen, consumption, maximal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOX; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029948480     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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