Chronic electrical stimulation drives mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle of a lizard, Varanus exanthematicus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3356-3360

  Schaeffer, Paul J ^a   Nichols, Scott D ^b   Lindstedt, Stan L ^b,c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Exercise; Intracellular lipid; Muscle plasticity; Sarcoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LIZARD; METABOLISM; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIZARDS; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA; VARANUS; VARANUS EXANTHEMATICUS;

EID: 35848938497     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.007088     Document Type: Article

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