Overloading a muscle does not alter the rate of motoneuronal loss in aged rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 613-617

  Kanda, Kenro ^a   Hashizume, Ken ^a,b   Miwa, Takashi ^a   Miwa, Yasuko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity level; Compensatory hypertrophy; Leg muscle; Motoneuron; Neuronal cell death; Overloading; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; LEG MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0029809796     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(96)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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