Article
Metabolic capacity of muscle fibers from high-altitude natives.
European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology - 1 Jan 1993
Rosser B W, Hochachka P W
Abstract excerpt
We evaluate the effects of chronic hypoxia on the metabolic phenotype of the muscle fiber types of humans. The subjects were three Quechua natives residing in the Peruvian Andes at an altitude greater than 3300 m, and three lowlanders from below 700 m. Biopsy specimens were obtained from the vast...
Topics
- Adenylate Kinase
- Altitude
- Biopsy, Needle
- Humans
- Hypoxia
- L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
- Malate Dehydrogenase
- Male
- Muscles
- Oxygen
- Peru
- Phenotype
- Time Factors