The effect of testosterone on gastrocnemius muscle fibres in growing and adult male and female rats: A histochemical, morphometric and ultrastructural study

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 70-79

  Ustunel I ^a   Akkoyunlu, G ^a   Demir, R ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FAT DROPLET; GLYCOGEN; OLIVE OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RIBOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOW MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037658537     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.2003.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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