Capillary supply and fiber morphometry in rat myocardium after intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-330

  Panisello, Pere ^a   Torrella, Joan Ramon ^a   Pagés, Teresa ^a   Viscor, Ginés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capillary density; Heart; Hypobaric chamber; Intermittent hypoxia; Myocardial capillarization; Simulated altitude

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEA; SIMULATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 37249074326     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1030     Document Type: Article

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