Aging is associated with diminished accretion of muscle proteins after the ingestion of a small bolus of essential amino acids

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1065-1073

  Katsanos, Christos S ^a   Kobayashi, Hisamine ^b   Sheffield Moore, Melinda ^a   Aarsland, Asle ^a   Wolfe, Robert R ^a,c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Elderly; Metabolism; Nutrition; Sarcopenia; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; DEUTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ADULT; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; DEUTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PHENYLALANINE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 31544482447     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.5.1065     Document Type: Article

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