Lack of skeletal muscle hypertrophy in very aged male Fischer 344 x Brown Norway rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1265-1270

  Blough, E R ^a   Linderman, J K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myosin; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0034093278     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.4.1265     Document Type: Article

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