Structural and functional limits for oxygen supply to to muscle

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-456

  Hoppeler, H ^a   Weibel, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Carbohydrates; Exercise; Lipids; Mitochondria; Skeletal muscle; Symmorphosis; Vo(2max)

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ATHLETE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDURANCE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIPID STORAGE; LUNG DIFFUSION; MICROVASCULATURE; MITOCHONDRION; MODEL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0034109104     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2000.00696.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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