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Capillarization, mitochondrial densities, oxygen diffusion distances and innervation of red and white muscle of the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis
The white and red regions of the iliofibularis muscle of the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis were analyzed using histologic and morphometric analysis. These regions are composed of fast glycolytic (FG) and both fast ...
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Energy metabolism of fast- and slow-twitch skeletal muscle in the rat: Thyroid hormone induced changes
Male Wistar rats were made hypothyroid or hyperthyroid over a period of six weeks, by administration of carbimazole or triiodothyronine (T3). Serial frozen sections of soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) m...
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Effect of hyperthyroidism on the contractile and histochemical properties of fast and slow twitch skeletal muscle in the rat
Male Wistar rats were made hyperthyroid by intraperitoneal injections on alternate days for 1–6 weeks, of 200 μg/kg triiodothyronine (T3). The effects of this treatment on the contractile properties of the soleus...