A method for the comparison of morphometrical data on skeletal muscles in young rats of different ages and body weight.

Histochemistry ·Vol. 43 ·No. 3 ·1975-06-05 ·Pages 241-8

Müller W

Abstract

Training affects the properties of skeletal muscles as well as the body weight. Furthermore, the muscle weight and the cross-sectional area of the muscle fibers are related to the body weight. A method is therefore described which eliminates the influence of the body weight on the properties of skeletal muscles and thus allows the real training effects to be studied even if the animals to be compared are of different body weights. It is suggested that this method is useful also for morphometrical studies on organs other than muscle and on experimental situations other than training, e.g. for studies on growth.

MeSH Terms

Age Factors Animals Biometry/methods Body Weight Female Muscles/ultrastructure Myofibrils/ultrastructure Organ Size Rats Rats, Inbred Strains Statistics as Topic

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Müller W

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Article Info

Journal

Histochemistry

Abbr.

Histochemistry

ISSN

0301-5564

DOI

10.1007/BF00499705

Published

1975-06-05

Pages

241-8

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

0411300

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00499705

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