Gravitational unloading effects on muscle fiber size, phenotype and myonuclear number

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 777-781

  Ohira, Y ^a,b   Yoshinaga, T ^a   Nomura, T ^a   Kawano, F ^a   Ishihara, A ^c   Nonaka, I ^d   Roy, R R ^e   Edgerton, V R ^e  

^a Nat'l lnst Fit Sports ^*  (Japan)

^b Res Ctr Sports Train Educ   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; UNLOADING;

FLEXORS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GRAVITY;

EID: 0036697770     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00395-2     Document Type: Article

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