Inactivity changed fiber type proportion and capillary supply in cat muscle

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Hernández, Noelina ^a,b   Torres, Sonia H ^a   Rivas, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

caging; capillaries; disuse; enzymes; exercise; gastrocnemius muscle; inactivity; muscle fiber types; soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CATS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; HEXOKINASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031172647     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00361-1     Document Type: Article

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