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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Free Radic Biol Med. 2006 Dec 15;42(5):627–635. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.12.001

Table 2.

Soleus muscle to body mass ratio and cross-sectional areas of type I and IIa fibers in soleus muscle

Parameters Soleus (mg/100g) Fiber Areas (μm2)
Type I Type IIa
Control + saline (C) 44.7 ± 1.7 4078 ± 224 3866 ± 227
Control + vitamin E (C+VE) 40.7 ± 1.2 3763 ± 158 4299 ± 178
Hindlimb unloading + saline (HU) 22.9 ± 1.4 * 1661 ± 65* 2251 ± 105*
Hindlimb unloading + vitamin E (HU+VE) 27.8 ± 1.1 †# 2348 ± 139 †# 2937 ± 230 †#

Values are means ± SE for 8 animals.

*

P < 0.05, significantly different from control + saline rats.

†

P < 0.05, significantly different from vitamin E-supplemented control rats.

#

P < 0.05, significantly different from hindlimb unloaded rats