Aerobic performance and the function of myoglobin in human skeletal muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 6 56-6, 2004, Pages

  Meyer, Ronald A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE PHOSPHATE; MYOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; SCAVENGER;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BINDING KINETICS; CAPILLARY FLOW; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

EID: 8844282559     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00541.2004     Document Type: Editorial

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