Loss of desmin leads to impaired voluntary wheel running and treadmill exercise performance

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1617-1622

  Haubold, Kurt W ^a   Allen, David L ^a   Capetanaki, Yassemi ^b   Leinwand, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystrophy; Intermediate filaments; Muscle damage; Serum creatine kinase; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DESMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTROPHY; ENDURANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0141566988     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00408.2003     Document Type: Article

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