ARTICLESCapillary development during exposure to chronic hypoxiaS Cassin, RD Gilbert, CE Bunnell, and EM JohnsonS Cassin, RD Gilbert, CE Bunnell, and EM JohnsonPublished Online:01 Feb 1971https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1971.220.2.448MoreSectionsPDF (1 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformationCited ByDevelopment and diseases of the coronary microvasculature and its communication with the myocardium22 June 2022 | WIREs Mechanisms of Disease, Vol. 14, No. 5Altitude, Exercise, and Skeletal Muscle Angio-Adaptive Responses to Hypoxia: A Complex Story6 September 2021 | Frontiers in Physiology, Vol. 12Parabronchial remodeling in chicks in response to embryonic hypoxia1 January 2019 | Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 123Hyperinsulinemia and overweight in obese Zucker rats effectively suppressed by exercise training with hypoxia recoveryEuropean Journal of Sport Science, Vol. 13, No. 2AngiogenesisColloquium Series on Integrated Systems Physiology: From Molecule to Function, Vol. 2, No. 1Capillary supply, fibre types and fibre morphometry in rat tibialis anterior and diaphragm muscles after intermittent exposure to hypobaric hypoxia13 February 2008 | European Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 103, No. 2References3 January 2013Acclimatization to 4100 m does not change capillary density or mRNA expression of potential angiogenesis regulatory factors in human skeletal muscleJournal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 207, No. 22The effects of reduced temperature and photoperiod on body composition in hibernator and non-hibernator rodentsJournal of Thermal Biology, Vol. 27, No. 6Muscle Adaptation to Altitude: Tissue Capillarity and Capacity for Aerobic MetabolismHigh Altitude Medicine & Biology, Vol. 2, No. 3Relationship between capillary angiogenesis, fiber type, and fiber size in chronic systemic hypoxiaD. 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