Fiber-type proportions in mammalian soleus muscle during postnatal development.

doi:10.1002/neu.480230107

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Fiber-type proportions in mammalian soleus muscle during postnatal development.

Journal of neurobiology - 1 Feb 1992

Wigston D J, English A W

Abstract excerpt

We analyzed the fiber-type composition of the soleus muscle in rats and mice to determine whether the adult proportion of fiber types is fixed soon after birth or whether it changes during postnatal maturation. We examined muscles from animals varying in age from 1 week to 1 year using monoclonal...

Topics

Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Female
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Muscle Development
Muscles
Myosins
Neurons
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Inbred F344

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