Morphological alterations in skeletal muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hernández, Noelina ^a   Torres, Sonia H ^a   Losada, Mercedes ^b   Finol, Héctor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Histochemistry; Muscle capillaries; Skeletal muscle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CAPILLARY BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAVEOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HYPERTENSION; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOFIBROSIS; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PINOCYTOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SARCOLEMMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; HYPERTENSION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 49149090739     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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