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  • Title: Histochemical differentiation of fibers in the rat slow and fast twitch muscles.
    Author: Ishihara A, Taguchi S.
    Journal: Jpn J Physiol; 1991; 41(2):251-8. PubMed ID: 1834878.
    Abstract:
    Wistar male rats were sacrificed at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, and 21 days, and at 5 and 10 weeks of age. The histochemical differentiation of slow twitch soleus and fast twitch plantaris muscle fibers was examined from the enzyme activities of adenosine triphosphatase (slow- or fast-contracting), succinate dehydrogenase (high- or low-oxidative), and alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (high- or low-glycolytic). The soleus muscle fibers differentiated into slow-contracting (S) and fast-contracting (F) fibers at 7 days of age. In the plantaris muscle, differentiation into S and F fibers in the deep portion occurred earlier (9 days) than in the superficial portion (11 days). Thereafter, fiber type shifts between S and F were observed in both muscles. Differentiation into fast-contracting oxidative glycolytic (FOG), fast-contracting glycolytic (FG), and slow-contracting oxidative (SO) fibers occurred in both muscles at 15 and 17 days of age. After subdivision into the three fiber types, a type shift from FOG to FG was observed in both the deep and superficial portions of the plantaris muscle.
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