Allometric scaling of maximal metabolic rate in mammals: Muscle aerobic capacity as determinant factor

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-132

  Weibel, Ewald R ^a   Bacigalupe, Leonardo D ^b   Schmitt, Beat ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allometry, metabolic rate, maximal versus basal; Exercise, aerobic scope; Mammals, several species; Metabolism, maximal versus basal; Oxygen, consumption, maximal; Scaling, metabolic rate, maximal versus basal

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CAPILLARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; EXERCISE; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLIC RATE; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTES; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342550096     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2004.01.006     Document Type: Review

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