Muscle ultrastructure and biochemistry of lowland Tibetans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 419-425

  Kayser, Bengt ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^b   Desplanches, Dominique ^b   Marconi, Claudio ^b   Broers, Barbara ^b   Cerretelli, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

altitude; exercise; lactate paradox; metabolism; natives

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEXOKINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHINA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NEPAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030017068     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.1.419     Document Type: Article

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