Hypertrophy of rat plantaris muscle fibers after voluntary running with increasing loads

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2183-2189

  Ishihara, Akihiko ^a   Roy, Roland R ^b   Ohira, Yoshinobu ^d   Ibata, Yasuhiko ^e   Edgerton, V Reggie ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber cross sectional area; Fiber type distribution; Running wheel; Skeletal muscle loading

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GLYCOLYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031860372     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.6.2183     Document Type: Article

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