Stereological estimates indicate that aging does not alter the capillary length density in the human posterior cricoarytenoid muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1815-1823

  Lyon, Michael J ^a,b   Steer, Linda M ^a   Malmgren, Leslie T ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Blood tissue exchange; Larynx; Microvascular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; POSTERIOR CRICOARYTENOID MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 35648964648     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00030.2007     Document Type: Article

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