Age-dependent effects of treadmill exercise during a period of inactivity

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 668-673

  Arora, P ^a   Husom, A D ^a   Ferrington, D A ^a   Thompson, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Calcium regulation; F344BNF1 rats; Gastrocnemius muscle; Hindlimb unweighting; MHC type II fibers; Muscle atrophy; Muscle weakness; Single fiber contractile properties; Treadmill exercise

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 46749157461     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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