Revisiting the peculiar regional distribution of muscle fiber types in rat Sternomastoid Muscle

• Main Authors: Barbara Ravara (Author), Valerio Gobbo (Author), Damiana Incendi (Author), Andrea Porzionato (Author), Veronica Macchi (Author), Raffaele De Caro (Author), Dario Coletti (Author), Tiziana Martinello (Author), Marco Patruno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The sternomastoid (SM) muscle in rodents is known to have a peculiar distribution of fiber types with a steep gradient from surface to deep region. We here further characterize this peculiar regional distribution by quantitative histochemical morphometrys. In Hematoxylin-Eosin (H-E) stained transver...