Aerobic power declines with aging in rat skeletal muscles perfused at matched convective O2 delivery

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 744-751

  Hepple, Russell T ^a   Hagen, Jason L ^a   Krause, Daniel J ^a   Jackson, Cory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fischer 344 Brown Norway F1 hybrid rat; Mitochondria; Muscle blood flow; Rat hindlimb; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HINDLIMB; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

EID: 0037310248     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00737.2002     Document Type: Article

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