Increased fiber capillarization in flight muscle of finch at altitude

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Mathieu Costello, O ^a   Agey, P J ^a   Wu, L ^a   Szewczak, J M ^b   MacMillen, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b White Mountain Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude, flight muscle morphology; Birds, finch (two species); Flight, muscle, capillarization; Muscle, flight, capillarization

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLIGHT MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0345195979     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5687(97)00119-9     Document Type: Article

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