Exercise and inhibition of glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 135-167

  Hickson, Robert C ^a   Marone, Jane R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANABOLIC STEROIDS; ANDROGENS; ANIMAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HUMAN; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOSINS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027346409     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: 15383008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00003677-199301000-00005     Document Type: Article

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