Gonadectomy and reduced physical activity: Effects on skeletal muscle

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-97

  Brown, Marybeth ^a   Fisher, Jonathan S ^a   Hasser, Eileen M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle contraction; Muscle fibers, fast twitch; Muscle fibers, slow twitch; Rats, Sprague Dawley; Rehabilitation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0035175032     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.18697     Document Type: Article

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