Figure 6.
Changes in skeletal muscle weight and muscle fiber cross-sectional area. (A) Weight of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle was unchanged, (B) but muscle fiber cross-sectional area (CSA) of the TA was reduced by 22% in MCT mice compared to sham, but unaltered in MCT + NI. (B) Weight of the EDL muscle was unchanged, but (D) skeletal muscle fiber CSA of the EDL was reduced by 29% in the MCT mice compared to sham and preserved in the MCT + NI group(*p < 0.05). (E) Weight of the soleus muscle was similar in all groups and (F) skeletal muscle fiber CSA was also unchanged.