A Comparative Study on the Structural Features of Muscle Fibers in Intrinsic Lingual Muscles of 21 Day Old and 9 Month Old Mice Using Light and Electron Microscopy

References

• Abe , S. , Maejima , M. , Watanabe , H. , Shibahara , T. , Agematsu , H. , Doi , T. , Sakiyama , K. , Usami , A. , Gqjyo , K. , Hashimoto , M. , Yoshinari , M. and Ide , Y. 2002 . Muscle-fiber characteristics in adult mouse-tongue muscles . Anat. Sci. Int. , 77 : 145 – 148 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Beyikoğlu , M. , Vuraler , Ö and Öztürk , F. 2000 . Muscle fiber types and their electron microscopic features in the intrinsic lingual muscles of the rabbit and the mouse . Turgut Özal Tip Merkezi Dergisi , 7 : 293 – 299 .
   Google Scholar
• Cary , M. R. , Horan , S. E. , Reed , S. M. and Fareli , R. V. 1993 . Structure, innervation and age associated changes of mouse proarm muscles . Anat. Rec , 237 : 345
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• DePaul , R. and Abbs , J. H. 1996 . Quantative morphology and histochemistry of the intrinsic lingual muscle fibers in Macaca fasticularis . Acta Anat. , 155 : 235 – 244 .
   Google Scholar
• Esrefoğlu , F. , Temelli , A. , Vuraler , Ö. and Türkez , H. 2000 . The histochemical and ultrastructural effects of cadmium on mice EDL muscle . Turk J. Zool. , 29 : 283 – 289 .
   Google Scholar
• Knappeis , G. G. and Carlsen , F. 1968 . The ultrastructure of the M line in skeletal muscle . J. Cell Biol. , 38 : 202 – 211 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luther , P. K. 2000 . Three dimensional structure of a vertebrate muscle Z-band: implications for titin and alfa-actinin binding . J. Struct. Biol. , 129 : 1 – 16 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maeda , N. , Kawasaki , T. , Osawa , K. , Yamamoto , Y. , Masuda , T. and Kamegawa , M. 1987 . Effects of long-term intake of a fine-grained diet on the mouse masseter muscle . Acta Anat. (Basel) , 128 : 326 – 333 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Ogata , T. 1988 . Morphological and cytological features of fiber types in vertebrate skeletal muscle . CRC Critial Reviews. Anat. Cell Biol. , 3 : 229 – 275 .
   Google Scholar
• Ota , F. , Connor , N. P. and Konopacki , R. 2005 . Alterations in contractile properties of tongue muscles in old rats . Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. , 114 : 799 – 803 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Robinson , D. G. , Ehlers , U. , Herken , R. , Hermann , B. , Mayer , F. and Schümann , F. W. 1987 . Methods of Preparation for Electron Microscopy , 190 Berlin : Springer-Verlag .
   Google Scholar
• Saito , H. and Itoh , I. 2000 . Three-dimensional architecture of the intrinsic tongue muscles, using a modified alkaline maceration method . Acta Anat. Nippon , 75 : 525 – 532 .
   Google Scholar
• Sjöström , M. , Kidman , S. , Larsen , K. H. and Angquist , K. A. 1982 . Z- and M band appearence in different histochemically defined types of human skeletal muscle fibers . J. Histochem. Cytochem. , 3 : 1 – 11 .
   Google Scholar
• Sokoloff , A. J. 2000 . Localization and contractile properties of intrinsic longitudinal motor units of the rat tongue . J. Neurophysiol. , 84 : 827 – 835 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stacy , A. K. , Shall , M. S. , McClung , J. R. and Goldberg , S. J. 2003 . Effect of artificial rearing on the contractile properties and myosin heavy chain isoforms of developing rat tongue musculature . J. Neurophysiol , 90 : 120 – 127 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stal , P. , Marklund , S. , Thornell , L. E. , Paul , P. O. and Eriksson , P. O. 2003 . Fibre composition of human intrinsic tongue muscles . Cells Tissues Organs , 173 : 147 – 161 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang , K. and Ramirez-Mitchell , R. 1983 . A network of transverse and longitudinal intermediate filaments is associated with sarcomeres of adult vertebrate skeletal muscle . J. Cell Biol. , 96 : 562 – 570 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar