Effect of aging on response to exercise training in humans: Skeletal muscle GLUT-4 and insulin sensitivity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2019-2025

  Cox, Julie H ^a   Cortright, Ronald N ^a   Dohm, G Lynis ^b   Houmard, Joseph A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose transport; Insulin action; Men; Women

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0032992869     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.6.2019     Document Type: Article

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