In vivo microvascular structural and functional consequences of muscle length changes

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Poole, David C ^a   Musch, Timothy I ^a   Kindig, Casey A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

capillary geometry; intravital microscopy; muscle blood flow; red blood cell velocity; sarcomere length; spinotrapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030924921     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.5.h2107     Document Type: Article

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