Exercise-induced maximal metabolic rate scales with muscle aerobic capacity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1635-1644

  Weibel, Ewald R ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Capillary; Energy demand; Fractal design; Locomotor muscle; Metabolic rate; Mitochondria; Scaling; Vascular supply network

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAPILLARY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; FRACTALS; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 18944373435     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01548     Document Type: Review

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