Differential effects of reduced muscle use (hindlimb unweighting) on skeletal muscle with aging

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-105

  Brown, M ^a   Hasser, E M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Contraction times; Fiber atrophy; Skeletal muscle use; Unweighting

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029950185     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339562     Document Type: Article

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