Functional and structural adaptations of skeletal muscle to microgravity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3201-3208

  Fitts, Robert H ^a   Riley, Danny R ^a   Widrick, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Contractile properties; Microgravity; Muscle; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COSMONAUT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; MANNED; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 8913020 1/2; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT DURATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-78 SHUTTLE PROJECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 8913020 1/2; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-78 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ANIMALS; ASTRONAUTS; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035745756     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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