Morphological characteristics of skeletal muscles in relation to gender

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 264-269

  Fox, Jennifer ^a   Garber, Peter ^a   Hoffman, Monica ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Schaefer, Paul ^a   Vien, Julie ^a   Zeaton, Christine ^a   Thompson, LaDora V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging rats; Gender; Muscle fiber type composition; Skeletal muscles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REHABILITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0141955887     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324508     Document Type: Article

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