Invited review: Aging and sarcopenia

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1717-1727

  Doherty, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Countermeasures; Motoneuron; Muscle protein; Muscle quality; Muscular strength; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN;

AGING; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0141566914     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00347.2003     Document Type: Review

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