Muscle fibre types and their distribution in the biceps and triceps brachii of the rat and rabbit

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-210

  Fuentes, I ^a   Cobos, A R ^a   Segade, L A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Muscle histochemistry; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GLYCOLYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031776035     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297003129     Document Type: Article

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