Human Skeletal Muscle Fiber Types: Delineation, Development, and Distribution

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-327

  Staron, Robert S ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Myofibrillar adenosine triphosphate; Myogenesis; Myosin heavy chains

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AGING; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AGING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031201812     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h97-020     Document Type: Review

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