Automated fiber-type-specific cross-sectional area assessment and myonuclei counting in skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1714-1724

  Liu, Fujun ^a   Fry, Christopher S ^b   Mula, Jyothi ^b   Jackson, Janna R ^b   Lee, Jonah D ^b   Peterson, Charlotte A ^b   Yang, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Image segmentation; Muscle; Myonuclei counting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; FEMALE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MYONUCLEI COUNTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MUSCLE; MYONUCLEI COUNTING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL;

EID: 84890319548     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00848.2013     Document Type: Article

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