Muscle capillary supply in harbor seals

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1919-1926

  Kanatous, Shane B ^a,c   Elsner, Robert ^b   Mathieu Costello, Odile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary supply; Mitochondria; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0035056042     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.5.1919     Document Type: Article

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