Age-related skeletal muscle dysfunction: Causes and mechanisms

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-252

  Degens, H ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Apoptosis; Myogenic regulatory factors; Shortening velocity; Specific tension; Systematic inflammation

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTATHIONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOSIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SATELLITE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; REGENERATION; SATELLITE CELLS, SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 36949040620     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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