Influence of endurance exercise training and sex on intramyocellular lipid and mitochondrial ultrastructure, substrate use, and mitochondrial enzyme activity

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Tarnopolsky, Mark A ^a,b   Rennie, Courtney D ^a   Robertshaw, Holly A ^a   Fedak Tarnopolsky, Stephanie N ^a   Devries, Michaela C ^a   Hamadeh, Mazen J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intramuscular triglycerides; Lipid oxidation; Mitochondria; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 33847755111     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00472.2006     Document Type: Article

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