Lower skeletal muscle capillarization and VEGF expression in aged vs. young men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 178-185

  Ryan, Nicholas A ^a   Zwetsloot, Kevin A ^a   Westerkamp, Lenna M ^a   Hickner, Robert C ^a,b   Pofahl, Walter E ^b   Gavin, Timothy P ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber cross sectional area; Flt 1; KDR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; AGED; AGING; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CAPILLARIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33644828312     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00827.2005     Document Type: Article

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