Continued artificial selection for running endurance in rats is associated with improved lung function

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1810-1818

  Kirkton, Scott D ^a   Howlett, Richard A ^b   Gonzalez, Norberto C ^c   Giuliano, Patrick G ^b   Britton, Steven L ^d   Koch, Lauren G ^d   Wagner, Harrieth E ^b   Wagner, Peter D ^b,e  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endurance capacity; Genetic models; Lung diffusing capacity; Lung volume; Pulmonary O2 transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RATS; RUNNING; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 66749164791     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90419.2008     Document Type: Article

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