No effect of creatine supplementation on human myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic protein synthesis after resistance exercise

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 285, Issue 5 48-5, 2003, Pages

  Louis, Magali ^a   Poortmans, Jacques R ^b   Francaux, Marc ^a   Berré, Jacques ^b   Boisseau, Nathalie ^c   Brassine, Eric ^b   Cuthbertson, Daniel J R ^d   Smith, Kenneth ^d   Babraj, John A ^d   Waddell, Tom ^d   Rennie, Michael J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Protein turnover; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; LEUCINE; MALTODEXTRIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SARCOPLASM; TRAINING;

EID: 0142116163     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00195.2003     Document Type: Article

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