Aging alters contractile properties and fiber morphology in pigeon skeletal muscle

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1031-1039

  Pistilli, Emidio E ^a   Alway, Stephen E ^a   Hollander, John M ^a   Wimsatt, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction time; Fiber area; Isometric force; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLUMBIDAE; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919916909     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-014-0857-5     Document Type: Article

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