Growth hormone restores aged diaphragm myosin composition and performance after chronic undernutrition

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1253-1259

  Ameredes, Bill T ^a   Watchko, Jon F ^b   Daood, Monica J ^b   Rosas, J Fernando ^c   Donahoe, Michael P ^a   Rogers, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fischer 344 rats; Force; Power; Velocity

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; HORMONAL THERAPY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFEEDING;

EID: 0032824867     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.4.1253     Document Type: Article

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