Scaling of muscle architecture and fiber types in the rat hindlimb

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2336-2345

  Eng, Carolyn M ^a   Smallwood, Laura H ^a   Rainiero, Maria Pia ^a   Lahey, Michele ^a   Ward, Samuel R ^a   Lieber, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle architecture; Muscle fiber type; Muscle mechanics; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CYTOLOGY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 49749142004     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017640     Document Type: Article

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