Natural occurrence of myofiber cytoplasmic enlargement accompanied by decrease in myonuclear number

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-150

  Wada, K I ^a   Katsuta, S ^b   Soya, Hideaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lifespan; Myofiber size; Myonuclear number; Normal muscle

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VOLUME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DENERVATION; LIFESPAN; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0041695753     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.53.145     Document Type: Article

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