Capillary network in slow and fast muscles and in oxidative and glycolytic muscle fibres

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-58

  Čebašek, Vita ^a   Kubínová, Lucie ^b   Ribarič, Samo ^a   Eržen, Ida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Muscle fibres; Oxidative and glycolytic; Skeletal muscle; Slow and fast; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744458854     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v24.p51-58     Document Type: Article

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