Capillary supply, fibre types and fibre morphometry in rat tibialis anterior and diaphragm muscles after intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-213

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capillarization; Diaphragm; Fibre types; Intermittent hypoxia; Tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOXIA; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CAPILLARIES; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43449090370     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0691-0     Document Type: Article

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