... for 1 week (1 wk-t) or 6 weeks (6 wks-t). By means of morphometry, the capillarity as well as the compartmental and sub-compartmental structure of the capillaries were quantitatively described at the light microscopy level and at the electron microscopy level, respectively, in the plantaris (PLNT...

... differences in vessel morphometries among notothenioid species. Hemoglobinless (–Hb) icefishes display mean vessel length densities that are greater ( Chaenocephalus aceratus , 5.51±0.32 mm mm –2 ; Champsocephalus gunnari , 5.15±0.50 mm mm –2 ) than those observed in red-blooded (+Hb) species( Gymnodraco...

... leads to striking phenotypic modifications that maximize the specific performance of this contractile tissue. exercise endurance hypoxia gene transcriptome morphometry microarray PCR © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 6 2 2006 e-mail: [email protected] ...

..., changes in their natural environment (temperature, dissolved oxygen,changes in water levels, etc.). * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 4 5 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 brown trout Salmo trutta swimming morphometry temperature...

... vessel numerical density chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane morphometry Avian eggs contain all the necessary materials for embryonic development other than oxygen, which diffuses in from the environment via pores in the hard, calcified eggshell. There are two fibrous eggshell membranes...

... bird lung juvenile development respiration morphometry diffusing capacity symmorphosis Comparative respiratory and cardiovascular physiology had focussed on the coordinated and adaptive functions of the organ systems in the adult animal. However, the developmental stages of those systems...

... The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 scaling morphometry mRNA V̇ O 2 max muscle phenotype plasticity Locomotion is essential for acquiring food and to escape predation and is,thus, a key ability of most animals. Not surprisingly, we find that skeletal muscle tissue...

... of a hydrophilic polymer is accompanied by a reduction in spinal cord damage. *e-mail: [email protected] 16 10 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 three-dimensional reconstruction computer visualization morphometry spinal cord injury neurotrauma cavitation...

..., were perfusion-fixed in situ , processed for electron microscopy and analyzed by morphometry. Aerobic fibers represented the vast majority of fibers (93±1 %, mean ± S.E.M.) in all samples. After cold-acclimation, fiber sectional area was reduced and capillary density increased proportionally...

... The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 oxygen supply substrate transport mammal exercise endurance mitochondrion scaling allometry morphometry capillary heart rate The idea of a single step of the oxygen cascade limiting oxygen flow through the respiratory system has been a very...

... Limited 1996 morphometry fish development respiration Atlantic salmon Salmo salar gills yolk sac In fish, the development from larva to juvenile includes many morphological and physiological transformations ( Blaxter, 1988 ; Rombough, 1988 a ; Burggren and Pinder, 1991 ). One...

.... Issues specifically related to the causes of muscle fatigue are beyond the scope of this paper. There are several excellent reviews that can be consulted ( Hultmann et al . 1986 ; Wilkie, 1986 ; Sjögaard, 1990 ). muscle oxygen diffusion capillary mitochondria morphometry lactate glucose...

... by Company of Biologists 1988 exocytosis neurosecretion morphometry tannic acid Exocytosis of secretory granules is currently thought to be the sole mechanism by which the “regulated” secretion of stored proteins and peptides occurs. The mechanism appears to be common to all types...

...-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase. 26 2 1988 © 1988 by Company of Biologists 1988 morphometry capillaries oxygen diffusion horses The conventional method for quantifying capillary and mitochondrial structure in skeletal muscle tissue is to use morphometric...

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... 1986 by Company of Biologists 1986 gills morphometry dogfish. Several studies have been made of the physiology of gas exchange in the elasmobranch Scyliorhinus stellaris ( Piiper & Schumann, 1967 ; Piiper & Baumgarten-Schumann, 1968 a , b ; Baumgarten-Schumann...

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