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## Abstract The hamster has been the accepted model of emphysema since the 1970s, demonstrating disease‐related effects on respiratory skeletal muscle. However, there is scant information available about the model's ability to replicate the peripheral skeletal muscle changes seen in human disease, such as alterations in capillarity. The present study described the capillary‐to‐fiber ratio (C/F) of normal hamster plantaris, gastrocnemius, and soleus muscles in eight animals. C/F was 1.72 ± 0.38 for plantaris, 1.95 ± 0.40 for gastrocnemius, and 2.22 ± 0.43 for soleus. C/F of soleus was significantly greater (__P__ < 0.01) than plantaris. The C/F of hamster hindlimb muscles varies from those seen in rat species, and having baseline data on hamsters makes it possible to determine the effects of emphysema on C/F in this model. Anat Rec Part A 277A:272–274, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Author

Anne K. Swisher; Stephen E. Alway; Rachel Yeater

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0003-276X)

Published

2004

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)