Acetyl-L-carnitine dietary supplementation to old rats increases mitochondrial transcription factor A content in rat hindlimb skeletal muscles

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2004, Pages 430-433

  Pesce, V ^a   Fracasso, F ^a   Musicco, C ^b   Lezza, A M S ^a   Cantatore, P ^a,b   Gadaleta, M N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetyl L carnitine (ALCAR); Extensor digitorum longus (EDL); Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); Mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM); Soleus

Indexed keywords

LEVACECARNINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MITOCHONDRION; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3242683328     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1297.077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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