Anatomic capillarization is maintained in relative excess of fiber oxidative capacity in some skeletal muscles of late middle-aged rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2257-2264

  Hepple, Russell T ^a   Vogell, Janis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary to fiber interface; Mitochondria; Morphometry; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARIES; CROSSES, GENETIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 2442686758     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01309.2003     Document Type: Article

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