Characterization of fiber types in different muscles of the hindlimb in female weanling and adult wistar rats

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 43-50

  Cornachione, Anabelle Silva ^a   Benedini Elias, Priscila Cação Oliveira ^a   Polizello, Juliana Cristina ^a   Carvalho, Leonardo César ^a   Mattiello Sverzut, Ana Cláudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult rats; Fibers type; Histoenzymology technique; Skeletal muscle; Weanling rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79955806376     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.10031     Document Type: Article

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