Arteriolar and venular capillary distribution in skeletal muscles of old rats

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 928-935

  Cui, Li ^a   Ju, Yan ^a   Ding, Linda ^a   Trejo Morales, Margarita ^a   Olfert, I Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary density; Capillary to fiber ratio; Fiber type; Morphometry; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TOMOGRAPHY; VENULE;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 54249104657     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.9.928     Document Type: Article

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