Distribution patterns of fibre types in the triceps surae muscle group of chimpanzees and orangutans

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 402-412

  Myatt, Julia P ^a   Schilling, Nadja ^b   Thorpe, Susannah K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius; Hominoids; Primate; Soleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANKLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79952764292     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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