Ultrastructure of the myotendinous junction of the medial pterygoid muscle of adult and aged Wistar rats

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1011-1014

  Ciena, Adriano Polican ^a   Luques, Isabela Ugo ^a   Dias, Fernando José ^a   Yokomizo de Almeida, Sonia Regina ^a   Iyomasa, Mamie Mizusaki ^a   Watanabe, Ii sei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Medial pterygoid muscle; Myotendinous junction; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMALS; AGING PROCESS; COLLAGEN FIBER; FINE STRUCTURES; INTERDIGITATIONS; LEAD CITRATE; MALE RATS; MATRIX; MEDIAL PTERYGOID MUSCLE; MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION; MUSCLE FIBER; MYOTENDINOUS JUNCTION; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; SARCOPLASMIC; THIN SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; URANYL ACETATE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELECTRONS; ETHANOL; MUSCLE; OSMIUM; PLASTICITY; RATS; RESINS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; RAT; TENDON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TENDONS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84755160859     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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