Nature vs. nurture: Can exercise really alter fiber type composition in human skeletal muscle?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1591-1592

  Ingalls, Christopher P ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLYCOGEN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL TYPE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FAST MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE;

EXERCISE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7044229649     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/classicessays.00010.2004     Document Type: Editorial

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