Discontinuous capillary segments in the extensor digitorum longus muscle of aged BUF/Mna rats

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 425-439

  Desaki, Junzo ^a   Ezaki, Taichi ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged BUF Mna rat; Capillary; Endothelial cell; Extensor digitorum longus muscle; Pericyte; Scaffold of basal lamina

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REGENERATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; LAMIINAE;

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DEATH; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBERS; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE REGENERATION;

AGED BUF/MNA RAT; BASAL LAMINA; CAPILLARY; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; EXTENSOR DIGITORA LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS; MUSCLE FIBER; PERICYTES; SCAFFOLD OF BASAL LAMINA; VASCULAR LUMEN;

RATS;

EID: 0037004685     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/51.6.425     Document Type: Article

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