Oral Amino Acid Supplementation Counteracts Age-Induced Sarcopenia in Elderly Rats

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Pansarasa, Orietta ^a   Flati, Vincenzo ^b   Corsetti, Giovanni ^c   Brocca, Lorenza ^a   Pasini, Evasio ^d   D'Antona, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; BIG ONE; CYSTEINE; DRINKING WATER; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; METHIONINE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADAPTATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SARCOMERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 44449131837     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.02.079     Document Type: Article

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