Individual, age and sex differences in fiber type composition of slow and fast muscles of adult lewis rats: Comparison with other rat strains

Physiological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 783-801

  Novak P ^a   Zacharova G ^a   Soukup, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fiber type composition; Inter strain, individual, age and sex differences; Mat pase and muscle fiber types; Rat slow and fast muscles; Rat strains

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROWN NORWAY RAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; LEWIS RAT; MALE; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649752085     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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