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"RED" SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS: RELATIVE INDEPENDENCE OF NEURAL CONTROL

E BAJUSZ

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |August 28, 1964
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    DENERVATIONEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYHISTOCYTOCHEMISTRYMICEMUSCLESMUSCULAR ATROPHYRATSSUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE

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