Response of the neuromuscular unit to spaceflight

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 399-426

  Roy, Roland R ^a   Baldwin, Kenneth M ^a   Reggie Edcgerton, Y ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COSMOS PROJECT; EFFERENT NERVE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GENETICS; INNERVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MANNED; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 00-00; NASA PROGRAM FLIGHT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SHORT DURATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; STS SHUTTLE PROJECT; UNMANNED;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 00-00; NASA PROGRAM FLIGHT; NON-NASA CENTER;

COSMOS PROJECT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS SHUTTLE PROJECT; UNMANNED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0029685353     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: 15383008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00003677-199600240-00015     Document Type: Article

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