Nandrolone decanoate pre-treatment attenuates unweighting-induced functional changes in rat soleus muscle

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-309

  Joumaa, W H ^a   Bouhlel, A ^a   Bigard, X ^b   Leoty C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Contraction; Hindlimb unweighting; K+ contracture; Muscle atrophy; Twitch

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; POTASSIUM ION;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL THERAPY; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAFFEINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NANDROLONE; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036444476     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2002.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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