Disproportionate loss of thin filaments in human soleus muscle after 17- day bed rest

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1280-1289

  Riley, Danny A ^a   Bain, James L W ^a   Thompson, Joyce L ^a   Fitts, Robert H ^b   Widrick, Jeffrey J ^b   Trappe, Scott W ^c   Trappe, Todd A ^c   Costill, David L ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Atrophy; Electron microscopy; Myofilaments; Myosin; Skeletal muscle; Unloading

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; MYOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VELOCITY;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BED REST; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031784365     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1280::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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