Age-related changes in upper airway muscles morphological and oxidative properties

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1673-1686

  Oliven, Arie ^a   Carmi, Nirit ^a   Coleman, Raymond ^a   Odeh, Majed ^a   Silbermann, Michael ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle fiber typing; Oxidative capacity; Sleep apnea; Succinate dehydrogenase; Upper airway muscles

Indexed keywords

SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AGING; ANIMALS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TONGUE;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034757357     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(01)00127-9     Document Type: Article

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